Quotes About Preparation

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it.

I always assumed that the reason I've never run a marathon is because I haven't bought a pair of shorts and arrived at the start line.

I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

Make sure you own a good bed and a good pair of shoes because if you're not in one, you're in the other.

One time, I was going to be in L.A. for 10 days for a business conference, and I took eight different pairs of sandals.

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

I start with my shoes - I usually pack two pairs if I'm going away for four or five days, and I'll wear another one.

I stay in my pajamas until I have to leave for work.

It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

Never crowd a pan with too many mushrooms. They give off an enormous amount of moisture. And there's nothing worse than a braised mushroom, other than a lot of braised mushrooms.

When done right, sheet pan dinners are a dream come true: Your whole dinner goes into the oven on one pan and comes out ready to eat. But it takes a little finesse and a few rules to get everything done right.

For me, I try not to think about it too much, because you find that if you think about it too much, then you start to panic at every little thing that goes on in training.

I always panic on the first day of work. You can do all the Stanislavsky-backstory homework, but when that moment arrives and you are in the clothes, hair, and makeup of somebody else, and you're saying the words created by somebody else - I never know how to do it. It's a complete mystery to me.

If I've learned anything in the last seven or eight years it's that my career flies by the seat of my pants and that every time I'm booked for something, I'm ill, and anything - like a TV opportunity - I treat as my last ever one because it's maybe my swansong.

Before I start my work in the morning, I need to have quickly browsed the entire paper, noting articles that I want to read during lunch.

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.

I think it helps to know where you're at. I don't want to be coming down 18 knowing I need to make par, and trying to force a birdie or doing something stupid.

Check the card before you play. If you have a couple of long par 3s, put an extra hybrid in your bag. You'll be glad you did.

I'm not a guy who wants to skydive and open my parachute at the last minute. I want to open my parachute right away and know what's coming.

Our approach to practice, I think, is paramount!

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.