Quotes About Performance

I want to be on a successful team, and I know that paying one or two or three players premium hurts your chances of being able to bring in extra talent.

Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.

You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds.

I channel a lot of my own personal relationships anytime I prep for something.

All you can do is really the prep work and make sure you're ready to hit each golf shot. Outside of that, you're not sure really what's going to happen. It's a funny game, but I think that's why I love it. You never know, one day to the next; you could go shoot 62, and the next day you're going to shoot 78, and you can't predict it.

My gratification in working comes from the preparation and the building of the character.

The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution, and what I can do for the team.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.

I do believe food plays an important role in preparation for the Olympics or any competition.

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what goes on behind the scenes with an athlete and their preparation.

I don't think I'm an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

Music is a very big part of my preparation as an actor.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor.

I don't work with a lot of preparation. I think very well on my feet, and I'm very good when the pressure is on.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

It is scary for me to do a film by directly showing up on the sets without any preparation.

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

When you are not scoring runs for the last two-three games, then you need to get that form back; preparation is the best thing to do.