Quotes About Preparation

In the past, before games, I would near enough make myself ill. Nerves and stuff.

Every telecast, I still have butterflies and a little bit of nerves. But I think the nerves help. It elevates my attentiveness.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

I try not to have nerves. You have to be cold-blooded. You have to think, to look at the goalkeeper: how is he positioned? You study them, you know about them, even if there isn't always time, even if it's sometimes intuition. You look to see where he is.

I like to carry some nerves with me for each fight.

I have nerves before every fight - it doesn't matter who I'm fighting - and every fight is your biggest fight, so I've always got to check myself.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

Of course you're nervous going into a final.

I get scared to death every time I have to play. I always get nervous because you never know what to expect. The crowd could be awful, or it could be amazing. You just never know what you're going to get until you get out there and do it. I just do my best and have fun.

I always get nervous before a scene.

You're always nervous before a fight.

I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.

I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.

I'm nervous before all shows.

There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness.

Going on stage is always a process that causes anxiety and nervousness.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.

I need to stay consistent, I don't look too far ahead but just affect what I can affect. To be ready in the right place at the right time to put the ball in the back of the net.

In my mind, I work out situations. Like, how I should play if I bat for four overs, or how should I approach myself if its 10 overs. These are things I work at the nets.

Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'