Quotes About Performance

I learned early that it's very important to approach every single kick you attempt, even those in practice, as if it were in a game.

We like to think that we practice so hard that the games are easy.

I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.

How you practice in nets matters a lot.

When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.

I never went to school for acting; it just comes to me. I never practice. I read the script, I'll memorize it. I don't even practice the acting. I'll just do it the day, and it will just come to me.

I can practice all I want, but if I don't have the right equipment for my kind of game it's not going to mean very much.

Brushing up on your short game at the practice area is fine and good, but taking it with you to the golf course - when your score is really on the line - is another story.

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice.

Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.

Ideally, you want to have some guys get that rest... Because after 70-something games, you've practiced enough.

My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.

That's a part of being a good football team and being good players is when it's time to go play and turn what you've practiced, what you've watched, into the game reality, we've got to go do that.

Fatigue is one thing. Injuries are another. But if you are just tired because you just practiced - well, I'm not having that.

A pianist practices for up to 10 hours a day. Then, when he takes to the stage, you see the harmony. Having such an elegant touch is a natural gift, but it's the daily training which allows you to perform that miracle and create feeling, even if you were born tone-deaf.

Only having one melody instrument in play at a time meant that we could improvise more in our practices.

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

It's great to have great practices during the week, but you gotta make sure you are performing on game day and making those plays for your team.

If you're not playing really well, practices can sort of correct it.

I try to have the same mindset in my practices as I would for my fights.

I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out.