Quotes About Preparation

In order to play your best during a game, you need to 'look good, feel good, play good.'

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that.

When you get close to race day, there's that anticipation and excitement - it's the same whatever level you're running at because the marathon is like a festival.

It takes more time and energy for women to get ready to go on camera than it does men, and that means there are fewer available minutes to focus on actually getting the job done. That's a disadvantage.

I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.

It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter.

No fighter wants to risk getting ring rust.

Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of the world. Losing is natural; the better-prepared athlete will win.

So many fighters who fight Golovkin have lost before they've entered the ring.

There are times and places for tune-ups and stay-busy fights.

One guy might be ranked higher, but it doesn't mean anything. Where these fights go, lots of things can happen.

I like big fights.

I'm always watching every featherweight that fights in the UFC because we can eventually fight in the future.

Training for five-round fights is too much for the body.

I don't even train for these fights. I'm not mad when people say that because it's true.

My improvements, my fights and the competition is going to get better. I'm going to be ready for it.

Fights are fights. It's a cliche, but it's true, you can never know how they'll go down for sure until you do it.

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

I like to be in character a good few hours before I arrive for filming.

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.