Quotes About Preparation

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.

We set the table, but no one ate.

But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers

If you are not prepared to look at your pupils strength's, don't touch their weaknesses.

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.

I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.

A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

Focus on performance. Outcome is going to happen. No stress about that. Focus on performance.

Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence.

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.

I don't expect success. I prepare for it.

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.

Preparedness is the key to success and victory.