Quotes About Performance

the researchers found that bike training had a strong positive effect on running performance, but swimming did not.

Studies have shown that recreational athletes who exercise less than 45 minutes a day, on average, get the best results when they spend 80 percent of that time at low intensity and 20 percent at moderate to high intensity, just like the elites.

In a race, the job of the muscles is to perform. The job of the mind is to cope.

The muscles can only perform to the degree that the mind is able to cope. Endurance sports are therefore a game of "mind over muscle.

My own term for a highly developed overall coping capacity in endurance sports is mental fitness.

you don't want to change your training for the sake of shedding more fat without regard for how the changes will affect your performance. You should train for performance and trust that your body will move toward racing weight as your fitness moves toward peak level.

It was a decision she would not regret, performing well enough right out of the gate that no further persuasion was required to convince Jamie to drop other sports and focus exclusively on running for the next three years.

Music is about time,' I told her. 'It is about controlling time.

And then he - Tchaikovsky - turned towards the little lectern that was on the stage, picked up his baton and held it in the air. He paused a moment. It was like watching an old wizard with a wand, summoning the energy needed to cast a spell... Time slowed inside that moment. Then the music began.

A 'band' was 'onstage' playing 'music'.

Assessment culture is toxic. The Belgian professor of psychoanalysis, Paul Verhaeghe, believes that the way work is now set up in our societies, with supervisors supervising supervisors and everyone being watched and marked and continually assessed, is toxic.

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts . . .

And then he - Tchaikovsky - turned towards the little lectern that was on the stage, picked up his baton and held it in the air. He paused a moment. It was like watching an old wizard with a wand, summoning the energy needed to cast the spell. The hall fell silent. I had never heard a silence like it. The whole hall seemed to be holding its breath. It felt civilised and modern. It felt refined and tantalising all at once, like a polite collective pre-orgasm.

You can't be funny if you don't have good material.

Rehearse your story. You do not want to confuse the audience with your movements. A classic technique to master body language is by practicing in front of the mirror. Nowadays it's also common to use a video camera or a smartphone to record yourself, watch the video, and then make adjustments.

how to keep the audience engaged and entertained throughout the story. No matter how well you have prepared for it, you can still encounter problems. You

In his book, Cohen referenced an old joke: What do pro wrestling and the U.S. Senate have in common? Both are dominated by overweight white guys pretending to hurt each other. He said, "The intellectual level of cable news is one step above pro wrestling." Cohen wrote that over a decade ago. Today the news is at the level of pro wrestling. This is one reason we have a WWE performer in the White House.

People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward.

I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

There are few things more nerve-racking than trying to act normal with a camera in your face and someone shouting at you to "act normal.

Sometimes you had to make the animals perform.

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.

The politician is an acrobat he keeps his balance by doing the opposite of what he says.

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.