Quotes About Preparation

I could think six shots ahead. It's no different to playing chess.

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

You can't win the chess match if you don't have enough pieces.

Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.

No one likes rubbery chicken.

My first big break was 'White Chicks.' I had only been acting for about two years and I certainly didn't feel like I was ready for such an opportunity. It could only be the hand of God blessing me. I accept everything I'm given with great appreciation.

I learnt a lot as a child actor. Since I had been before the camera, I knew how it would be to be on a set or on a shoot. That way it was easy for me when I re-entered the industry as the main lead.

I am pretty chill before games. Have a go-to routine that keeps me busy until we are ready to take the court so I'm not just sitting around anxious for the game.

I've done some movies before when you have months, or three weeks at least, to train and to learn choreography.

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!

I just try to stay in my little circle. And I don't try to do too much. And when my opportunity comes, I just try to make the most of it.

Beyonce's 'Freedom' - I listen to that when I am suiting up and getting into superhero mode.

I did not know much about 'Black Lightning' beforehand, but I always wanted to play a superhero. After getting the part, I went back and read the comic books.

There are two things I want to be able to know when I walk into a fight, or with anything in life. And I'm not Superman, I'm not even that great at fighting. Those two things are: I have done everything in my power to prepare for this and I will not quit, no matter what.

In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.

I always went school with a backup plan. Everything I did was a backup plan because I never was the most talented guy. I wasn't, you know, the superstar at all.

It never occurs to me that acting with a superstar is something to worry about. I figure the bigger the better because more will be demanded of me.

Being a WWE Superstar, you have - I don't want to say a short shelf life, but it's more like sometimes you've got to look to the future and you've gotta plan ahead. It's not gonna last forever.

I get dressed in the same way. Its not a superstition, at least I tell myself its not. Its more a way of getting that brain in gear to do that same thing. I get in the car the same way. Even the guys who are strapping me in the car get their own brains ready to go to work.

I have to put my outfit on in the same order. It's sort of a superstition. The last thing I put on is the glasses.

It's not superstition, but I do everything exactly the same on game days. I'm a creature of habit. I eat the same breakfast, and then I drive the same way to practice. Then I come back and eat the same exact same lunch before every game.

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.

I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games.