Quotes About Preparation

She dressed for a future not yet with us but which she expected to arrive.

Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with a little condescension; with low expectation of the other's rationality; with the knowledge that the other will find what they say hard to understand, that it will go beyond them (not so much over the head as between the legs); and with the feeling that they must arrive with something the other will like, something suitable. Like Garibaldi biscuits.

Sex is like the cherry on the top of a sundae, but you need to make the sundae first, if you get my drift.

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

JC was good for me. I had a coach who kept me into things and thinking positive. It was good basketball, but more than that it prepared me for the academic scene at a university.

When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to.

Accidents happen on the field.

I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.

I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.

Seeing people ahead of time and getting acquainted with the space you're playing in is important to getting comfortable in that place.

When I played at Ajax, we felt as if we were 1-0 up when we took to the field. We already knew in advance of games that we were going to win.

Before I got married, I used to start prepping up for Diwali almost a month in advance.

I don't do anything unless I think about it six months in advance.

I get very intense: I get to the show five hours early. If we're on at 8 P.M., I'm there at 3 in the afternoon.

I know that I won't be an athlete forever. I have to have a vision of what I want to be afterward.

Actors can lose their jobs easily, so we need a back-up plan, an alternate business to fall back on.

We have given ourselves the means of our ambitions, and in football, when we give ourselves the means, it is always less difficult.

I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

Just because you don't announce your plan doesn't mean you don't have one.

If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'

The night before a match is always a weird night. I want to get a good night's sleep, but I'm also anxious.

Anytime you get to play a team twice, you have a feel for what they do and how they play.