Quotes About Readiness

All your life you wait, and then it finally comes, and are you ready?

I go by the rule of Gretzky: you gotta be there before the puck gets there, or you're going to get beat.

I've been learning how to shoot a gun and properly handcuff people so that on the day I need to pull someone down to the ground, it looks and feels natural for me.

It's about getting in there and being ready, getting the fight on your terms, taking the least amount of punishment possible.

I never expect someone to work with me forever. I want to give you the experience needed so that when it is time to pursue what you want to in life you are ready.

You've just got to stay grounded, keep your head down, keep pushing and, when someone does call and wants you, be ready for your opportunity.

Middle-class Americans really don't want to hear about sacrifices or trade-offs - except as flattering descriptions about how ready we, as a people, are, or used to be, to accept them.

I want to play, I wanted to finish out the games, but I've got to make sure I'm right before I step out on the floor.

You've got to go with the flow. Whatever happens, you've just got to be ready for it.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

We're professional footballers and we just have to be prepared for anything that could happen.

Whatever we'll be forced to do later, we should be doing now.

First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take them on.

We must condition the players. They need to get into the right frame of mind in the hours leading up the game.

It's important that I'm always playing fresh and that I'm ready to go rather than just playing because I feel like I have to.

Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.

Yes to it all. I had become a puppy that stands on its hind legs and barks when its master fetches its leash.

I'd say she's ready, wouldn't you? --The Rook, The Looking Glass Wars

Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.

forever seeking, forever prepared and forever unready.

todos los peligros son valiosos si uno está preparado para afrontarlos.

I check the list. Rubber tubing, gas, saw, gloves, cuffs, razor wire, hatchet, Gladys, and my mitts.

If you're mentally ready, you're willing to go the extra mile.

If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.