Quotes About Preparation

You make yourself tougher in the offseason.

In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

Make no mistake, the days and hours before going into the ring can be stressful for any boxer. The bigger and tougher the fight the greater stress, But if a boxer knows he's stepping out of his league it's even worse.

I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.

You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a tour without having prepped for it would be suicide, literally.

I carry my own food around on tour; I permanently have carrier bags full of cereal and bananas.

You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it.

Starting young has definitely helped my success. All the experience I gained by touring with other players as a backing artist helped to prepare me for my own big break.

Touring takes a lot of work, a lot of preparation.

The period of time between when you're done with a record and when you start touring is the worst period of a time in a musician's life.

I'm a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.

Mental and physical preparation is critical in tournament poker events like the WSOP.

Each tournament is equally important.

You have to put in the extra hours away from the tournament. There's no other option.

I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.

I like to come to a tournament with a specific playlist that I can listen to before going on the court. I like five or 10 minutes just for myself.

I have to thank the coach for looking after my fitness and allowing me to feel my way into the tournament.

I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions.

You never know what will happen during a tournament: things like injuries, for example.

We see every game as a big game, and, as you know in tournament football, anything is possible. Each game, we want to keep raising the bar and lifting our standards and putting goals past teams.

Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

To win a major tournament you have to face the top teams at some point, but if you avoid those at the beginning then you can win games and build confidence. I think the key is just to get off to a good start.

I like to keep myself physically and mentally fit before any important match. I usually take a short nap just before the game and do not practice immediately before the tournament.