Quotes About Performance

I like it when the captain comes to me and says, 'We're really desperate for a wicket, can you get us one?' or when we really need something to happen in a Test match.

There's a lot of good midfielders all desperate to play for their country and all I can do when I get called up is prove that I deserve to be there.

In bobsled, you work as a team - a driver and a brakeman. Both athletes push, but the brakeman's biggest responsibility is to push as fast as she can and get in and ride down in a good aerodynamic position. The driver helps to push but gets in first and then steers the sled down the track. We aren't just along for the ride, despite how it looks!

Despite a good subject if the director is not up to the mark, the execution can go wrong.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to say 'never again' when it came to Waterford. To go through that again in any of the places I call home would destroy me.

A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play.

There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.

Ronaldo is a great professional. He truly cares about details. That's why he is always fit.

Performing live can be a drag, the process that leads up to the actual performance. It's all the travel, it's working up all the details and everything, which I hate.

The heart of that player will determine how he plays.

We determine success in the fight business by revenue.

Why does the worth of an actress have to be determined by her co-stars?

Whether I am going in the right direction or not is determined not just by awards but also by the kind of films I do and their success.

So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

Sacks shouldn't be the only thing that determines if you had a good year.

It depends on who's bowling, how is the wicket playing, how I gonna score and stuff like that or how people are trying to get me out, probably that determines how open I am or otherwise how closed I am.

I think that's an incredible thing that we can do as actors - to feel empathy toward someone that you may otherwise detest, you know?

I've played in Detroit so many times; the only thing I can say is that the crowd has been very responsive to me. They've always shown a lot of love.