Quotes About Preparation

There's no such thing as luck. Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's grief," said Corrie ten Boom. "It takes away today's strength. It does not enable us to avoid evil, but it makes us incapable of dealing with it when it comes."4

A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not begin to look for a mat.

If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings

Thursday night.

On time is 10 minutes late.

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.

Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.

I stand in the mirror, look at the plays and try to say them to myself to get ready for the next day.

I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.

There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that.

Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.

I don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization.

We deliberately filled our rainy-day fund to its statutory capacity over my time leading the Mississippi Senate as lieutenant governor.

Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

If you get too excited about any one interview, you're making a mistake, because people do cancel.

When I'm in show mode, I can't even think about putting on makeup; I just have to be centered.

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

There is an old show business saying which warns never to work with animals or children, but nobody prepared me for Molly Meldrum.

Before you drop an album, you need some momentum.

Korobov is a different kind of fighter than Willie Monroe, but I am prepared to fight against any style.

A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries.

A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich.