Quotes About Performance

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.

James Brown's Live at the Apollo is not just a musical whiplash, it's a spiritual cleansing. You can just close your eyes and see him doing the splits, kicking the mic stand and doing a 360.

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

I´ve read the first pages of the script, it´s all about Jesus, He is the principal performer.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

Good is not good when better is expected.

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

I don't need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I'll show you what I can do.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.