Quotes About Preparation

Playing Martin Luther King Jr. was an honor for me on so many levels. It was the most I've ever prepared for a role.

If I don't wear the mask, I'm not playing.

I used to be able to practice, get a massage, have something to eat and feel ready for the rest of the day.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

I get a daily master class in Jenifer Lewis, and that's been so special to me. If I haven't prepared for something, she'll ball up the script and throw it at me. She'll say, 'You're not ready for this! Go downstairs and work on it.'

I always go to the Masters knowing I'm going to play well.

Football is a sport where you never know what is going to happen between one match and the next.

The most important competition is always the next match.

On game days, I'm pretty boring: I like to rest and watch TV with my legs up so I'm not on my feet too much before the match.

The calmest part of my day is right before a match.

I don't get nervous before the match. I try to act the same and stay normal right before entrance. I don't want to do anything special, so I want to act normal before a match.

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

I know how to win big matches.

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

I would have prepared differently before big matches but I wouldn't change my life.

Confidence, you have to build it when you play some matches.

It's not easy to focus in practice when you don't have any matches coming up.

Playing matches is definitely going to help me get ready for the U.S. Open.

Guys are coming into the league a little more mature when they take the three or four years in college.

I don't do anything without measuring 10 times and cutting once.

I meditate before every game, I try to meditate every day.

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

When the time comes to retire, I think I'll know. I really do.