Quotes About Preparation

I'd rather starve than not have what I really want to eat. I'm good at preparation.

I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.

When I was little, I remember rehearsing starving so that when I got to New York I would know how to do it.

The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country.

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

The whole purpose of my education ultimately was so I could deliver a statement eloquently before my execution.

At different times in my life, I've made grand statements like, 'I want these many kids, and I want them by this age.' I think, with every year that goes by, I accept that I don't know when it's going to happen or how it's going to happen. I'll just take it one day at a time, and when I'm ready, I'll be ready. It'll reveal itself, I guess.

I think you can only prepare yourself as much as you can, but no matter what, there will be curve balls. I had no idea I'd be taking a flight, landing, and heading straight to a radio station. I thought I might have time to curl my hair, have something to eat. No! You go right into things.

As always, we prepare for all sorts of contingencies. And the first few days of the flight up until docking on Day 3 are all spent really in the rendezvous because we launch at a time that puts us in an optimal position to catch up to station.

The training flow for the space station is a year-and-a-half to two years.

I knew the statistics of playing pro football were 1% of 1%, so I just never planned on it.

Celebrity status for me came slowly. I wasn't an overnight sensation. I had time to prepare emotionally.

There are a lot of children in our country that, because of their neighborhood or socio-economic status, do not have the opportunity to attend a good school that will prepare them for life's challenges.

You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you're gone.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

I'm going to stay in the gym, stay watching film, stay focused, stay being an all around professional.

I exercise to stay strong, healthy, and stage-ready. I never prepare for a red carpet - I just go with the flow.

When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.

'Snow White and the Huntsman' was - I came in before they started shooting and basically worked on Charlize Theron's character for the most part. I guess I probably worked four or five weeks on that one and stayed during production a little bit with them.

It's about just staying fit, staying strong and staying ready.

We need to make sure we are constantly staying ahead, thinking about what is coming.