Quotes About Performance

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

I'm a comedian, not a politician.

I'm an entertainer, not a politician.

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.

My funny speech wasn't funny. That's not the first time a politician has done that.

I'm not a politician, only a singer.

Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?

I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

Politics is a lot like acting. You have to be on all the time.

I don't look at polls. It's about results. And every single time that people have had an opportunity to vote for me, we've been on top.

Without good horses, you are nothing. In polo, it's 70 per cent horse, 30 per cent rider. And I have the best horses.

Opera can be exceptionally moving but can also be pompous.

Only I can play Modi. I say that even at the cost of sounding pompous because I really love him.

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

Back in the day, when 'Pony' came out, I don't believe there was anyone that could dance like me.

I always play with a very high ponytail so that my hair doesn't bother me.

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

I would say, if you come out, they can't take away how you play football. That was the thing for me: once I did come out, it's not going to affect my diving. I can still perform, no matter what anybody else thinks of me. I'm judged for what I do in the diving pool.

You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.

You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.

International cricket and Test cricket in particular is hard and you are going to get injuries but, if you've got a strong pool of players to pick from who can all come in and do a job, well that can only be a good thing for English cricket.

Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some say excessively high - fees; their short- and long-term performance has been poor.

As players we're held accountable for poor performance, I think the same should be said for journalists.