Quotes About Preparation

The notion of children being "kindergarten ready" is a bizarre oxymoron. It's like saying you have to know how to play the piano before you can learn how to play the piano.

Good teaching is l/4th preparation and 3/4ths theatre.

There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.

I personally like a little rehearsal, not if I'm gonna have a super emotional scene you wanna have it be a fresh thing.

If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.

Mentally prepare ourselves for excellence...block out the noise of everyday distractions and tap into the quietness of meaningful focus, intent and a winning mindset.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

If you deliver excellence right now, that gives you the best shot at the best future you've got coming.

Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.

Grant that I may experience the power of Thy Word before I deliver it.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

Train hard and try new things; everything you do outside of the cage counts as experience inside the cage.

Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.

I'll bring what I bring to the tale, but it's good to know you have two guys with the experience and know-how in big games.

Experience is a funny thing. You dont always have it when you need it.

I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

I feel that right from the start the players were prepared to experience catastrophic results with comments like: 'It's going to be tough and we are going to need time'.