Quotes About Preparation

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice soup or boil veggies, you can simply pull the bag out of the freezer.

I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome.

If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong.

Every time you go out there, you want to be a little nervous, have a little bit of butterflies in your stomach and get the juices flowing.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

I don't think about it, 'Wow! I'm the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.' For me, this is my job. This is what I've been preparing to do. And I really want to win badly.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

Breath mints and Chapstick are key if you want to have a good kiss.

It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them.

We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that people will have choices.

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.

I went into the Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I now believe that if you prepare thoroughly for war you will get it.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

The short amount of time I'm out on the runway is like going on a rollercoaster. It's such a happy, exciting feeling. I'm more like a racehorse ready to go - I just want to get out there.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

Most people think that when it's time to buy a car, they should immediately go to the dealerships to find what they want. In reality, there's a lot of planning that should be done first.

I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing