Quotes About Preparation

You need to have a short-term memory. That's a big thing that I learned a lot. Moving on from games, even good games that I have. Move on from them and be prepared for the next night.

I don't go into these Daytona 500s expecting to win. I go into it hoping to win, but definitely not expecting because there's just too many moving parts and pieces for you to guarantee your success.

You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.

My mum was always saying when we were kids: 'If you don't do you homework you're not going to the gym.' She was always a big believer in having something to fall back on.

If you don't snowboard a lot, then it's a good idea to go to the gym before you get up on those mountains to make for a better experience. Lots of core exercises and squats and lunges would help work the muscles you'll be using.

I keep 10-pound dumbbells in my dressing room. It's nice to do before a show to get your muscles to wake up.

Good Punjabi music before a match pumps me up. It gives me a kick.

When I'm shooting a music video, when we're midway through the day, I need everyone to be quiet while we're getting ready for the next scenes. That's really important for me to be able to keep my head in the game.

I had an edge in 'Andhadhun' because, being a musician, I knew how to play a guitar, so it was not difficult for me to learn a musical instrument.

If you're coming to do an interview with me, you should know about me. It's not that it's 'cos I'm Wizkid; I'd even hate it if you were coming to interview my friend and asked him the same question. You're here for an interview, so you should know who you're doing the interview with.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

Any audition that I have now, I feel like it's easier for me to learn the words because of my time on 'One Life to Live.'

I spend most of my time looking at game film.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

Despite trying to keep luggage to minimum, I do like to have all my cleansers and my hair and nail things to hand.

On certain days, it can get difficult, because acting is about being naked emotionally. There are days when you are feeling empty, but the scene demands you to go through a cathartic experience. That's why I like to know what my schedule for a particular film is beforehand.

That's one thing I like to do before going in for a read - doing research once I actually have been granted the role - is to look up people's names.

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

I'm a nasty human being when I step into that cage, but before that I could care less.

There is fireworks before the game; there is the national anthem before the game, so that is a huge difference to how it is in Germany: like, after the warmup, you touch the ball 20 minutes later. So that is a little bit different. The league, for example, the MLS is quite a young league, actually, but it is developing.

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

So the big day finally arrives, you are set to enter the ring as a judge for the first time. You have refreshed your memory by re-reading the breed Standard, watching the breed video until you can hum the theme by heart, and studying an Illustrated Standard. You know all you need to know about the idiosyncrasies of the breed, where the breed is strong, and where improvement is needed.

We don't have to do a single thing until you're ready.