Quotes About Preparation

I always request a king-size bed, and if I can't, I try to work that out right after I land. I unpack immediately so the clothes don't get wrinkled. I go the gym. I adjust the temperature; I like the room kind of warm. And then turn on CNBC.

These guys that take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and go straight to the tee? That's not the way to do it. When you warm up, hit 20 to 25 wedges, a few middle irons, and 10 to 15 3-woods and drivers. If you're going to putt, give yourself 10 minutes.

I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write.

If you didn't go out every time it was raining, you wouldn't get anything done. So it's a case of making the right clothing choice in terms of waterproof, breathable, warm clothing.

I warm up a lot harder for a Clipping show than I ever did for 'Hamilton.'

I do a mix and match of many exercises. But before anything I do, I go for a warm up, as it of prime importance.

'Are you sure you're going to be warm enough?' is a question I get a lot.

I sing 'Nessun Dorma' when I warm up backstage.

My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.

I've got to warm up to warm up and then play. I understand that now.

I have to have sound in my ears for 10 minutes prior. I come to the theater early, two hours, just to calm down and warm up.

I have a specific routine before every match. I like to grip my rackets, because I feel that someone else won't do it how I like them. But the biggest thing is that I don't like to stress about my match all morning. Twenty minutes before, I'll sit down and think about the game plan and warm up. And then I just play.

I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be ready for it.

I don't like the cold. But as along as you warm up properly and you build up a nice sweat and keep your body warm, your arm warm and loose, you should be fine.

I look after my voice and I warm up... I tend to do it in the car, which must look a little strange!

One part of my job I'll never learn to love is the pre-match warm-up. I hate it with every fibre of my being. It actually disgusts me.

People think I can just walk out and shoot 75 without taking a warm-up shot. But believe me, it's not that easy.

Not many know that digging the akhada pit with spade is the best warm-up exercise.

I normally go through every single line as part of my warm-up before a show. When I'm working on a film or TV programme, there often isn't a rehearsal, so I tend to learn my lines much later. They are often shorter, too, so they're essentially just there.

When you're facing a different guy every at-bat, he's coming at you with his best stuff. There's no warm-up; there's no 'see a pitch.' You've got to be locked in from the very first pitch... The biggest thing is do your homework before the game starts.

I want to be thinking as quickly as I need to as soon as I hit the stage. I want to have a vocal warm-up.

It's the warm-up in the changing room when I switch on. I don't even think about the fight until then. Some fighters are bouncing about the walls, but I switch off. Then it's like someone flicks a switch in me.

If you pay attention, stand-up can be great improv training ground. But one of the things that helped me the most was doing warm-up for the 'Mr. Show' tapings way back when.

I've seen a lot of people skipping warm-up and hitting the cardio machine, but that's not right. It's important to dedicate 15 minutes of warm-up time before exercise, and after exercise.