Quotes About Preparation

Medals are decided on the day, not before that.

Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice.

I am ready to defeat Manny Pacquiao. Dude, I'm the champion of the world.

Defence is our best attack.

The best way to attack is to defend well.

I want to know what coverage it is every single time. I want to line up and be able to read what the defense is trying to do to me so I can get open.

I don't really worry about what the defense is trying to scheme to do against me. It really doesn't matter.

I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.

On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

Just go in and do your work and be ready for it, because when the stars align and the part is available and everybody in the room is excited... and you deliver, that's it.

I get up at five in the morning if the schedule demands it and with all my lines learned.

Before I knew I was going to the Derby, I had my shrink on call. It's a special, special moment.

If you're cooking for a woman, make a good risotto and a salad. If you don't have time to make desert you can go and buy some macaroons to have afterwards.

When you walk out in front of an audience of over 70,000 people, you've got to be on your game. They deserve it.

I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight.

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

I prepare everything in the tiniest detail. My diet, how I train. This has been my secret.

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.

When we get to the future, I'll determine the future.

It's hard for me to dial in sometimes and be focussed, even though I know that I'm ready.

I would read a lot about how to be a dad. I had never changed a diaper before we had Birdie.

I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.

I worry about myself in the ring; I worry about what I can do and how I can dictate a fight.

Essaying different characters on screen and doing justice to each role entails its own set of research and hard work.