Quotes About Performance

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.

Let your performance do the thinking.

poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, at

Sometimes in our job you feel you just can't win. If you take too long you're no good, if you're too quick the visit wasn't necessary.

I've got only one chance to give... my best shot.

It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed a life of its own.

I bar the candles,.... I bar the magic-lantern business.

There existed very long saxophones from years ago. The player sat on their chair like a cellist; that same sort of feeling to it as well - unlike for example the way a harpist would be: the whole act differing in a very fundamental sense. Although harpists are fine. There is nothing to be said against harpists by any means whatsoever.

PEOPLE ARE WHAT they do, not what they think, not what they say.

Leaders provide opportunities for people to exceed their previous levels of performance.

When they're performing at their peak, leaders are doing more than just getting results. They're also responding to the behavioral expectations of their constituents, underscoring the point that the relationship is one of service to a purpose and service to people. As

It's a virtuous circle: you believe in your constituents' abilities; your favorable expectations cause you to be more positive in your actions; and those encouraging behaviors produce better results, reinforcing your belief that people can do it. Another virtuous circle begins as people see that they are capable of extraordinary performance, they develop that expectation of themselves.

People need to know if they're making progress toward the goal or simply marking time. Their motivation to perform a task increases only when they have a challenging goal and receive feedback on their progress.8

You can play one part in life, but you can't be that thing. You just playing it. You're not real.

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

i play a mean harmonica

So, that went well, said Fang.

I guess when you're a drama teacher, you're used to memorizing long speeches.

Have you ever done something extremely stupid like, oh, I don't know, try to make a room filled with total strangers laugh until their sides hurt? Totally

Two LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… ME!

Okay, so how, exactly, did I get into this mess—up onstage at a comedy club, baking like a bag of French fries under a hot spotlight that shows off my sweat stains( including one that sort of looks like Jabba the Hutt), with about a thousand beady eyeballs drilling into me?

said, 'Good show.

He's basically putting on a private doo-wop show for the seagulls. Then he stops, spreads out his arms, and adds in the harmony: "In the still of the ni-i-i-ight!

it's really great to be back in front of an audience again.