Quotes About Performance

When they take you with the eighth pick, I don't want to say pressure, but you've got a lot of people counting on you.

Measuring how hard your team is working by counting the number of hours they work or what time they get in and leave is how amateurs run companies.

Alcoholism and country music are both tremendous aids to self-dramatisation.

Whether or not I considered myself a country singer, when I sang a country song, I was as good as anybody.

What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.

I've been critcised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it, that's all that counts.

I mean, a guy can get 20 points a game. But if you are not winning, who's really paying attention? It's like, 'yeah, his game is nice. But I need to see him do it when it counts, when it really matters and something is on the line.'

To be a manager, you have to perform always. You cannot live in history. It's now and tomorrow that counts.

To be favourite or not, it's the game that counts.

I can't dwell on having a couple drops. It's going to happen - it's the NFL.

Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play.

On short courses I can still play good, even with my added length.

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court.

When I'm on the court, it's a blessing.

I always felt comfortable looking at the court.

When I'm on the court, I'm not thinking of anything. I'm just playing and free.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress.

I believe you should give 100% on the court, so I chase every ball.

When I go out on court, I don't care what I look like. I don't care if I'm out of my bed as long as I win the match, and that's what I'm there for. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, it doesn't matter what I look, it doesn't matter what my hair feels like. All I feel is the moment I have to play well, give my 100% and win the match.

Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.