Quotes About Performance

Actors, when they're older, still get a chance to let off steam or something and work things off on stage.

The audience wants to hear 'Rock n' Me,' 'Space Cowboy,' 'Living in the U.S.A.' When you start to play something else, you can feel the interest and enthusiasm go; the steam goes out of room. They are really 'Greatest Hits' fans and that's what they want to hear. It's disappointing that it's this way in the U.S.

In 1999, we did a thing called the 'Reinventing The Steel' tour with Pantera, when I was still with them, and Slayer was part of that, and it was a great tour.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

It's nice knowing we're putting the banjo, the fiddle, the steel, and the mandolin back out front.

I do a very poor man's pedal steel on the Stratocaster.

My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.

I did 'Midnight's Children' and 'Cooking with Stella' when I was at the peak of my career.

With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation.

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.

I'm confident as hell when I step in front of the mic.

People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.

Now when I step onstage, I have this hour when I can just be completely myself, just a massive ball of energy. Sometimes I get so lost in the performance, people look a little frightened - but that's a good thing.

Every day that I get to step onto a set is a good day for me.

Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

Every time I step out on court, I leave 150 per cent out there. That's the bare minimum.

Every time I step on the field, it doesn't matter who we're playing, I want to get an interception.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.

You gotta step up your bars! Look, I run two labels. I sing. I dance. I don't spend all my time rapping.

Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

I've always been the person that, when it's time to step to the plate under a big situation, that's when I perform my best.

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.