Quotes About Preparation

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able to evangelise to everyone else. On the other hand, if you aren't constantly paranoid about what can go wrong and put plans in place, then you're going to get bitten at some point.

I have so many plans inside and outside the Octagon.

I am an old fashioned guy. I want to first stand on my two feet and then start thinking about settling down. At the moment no marriage plans.

All I can do is as well as I can in the Champions League then just wait and see what happens. I'm looking forward to it just as much as everyone else. It is a great platform for all of us to show what we are about, to step up to the plate.

On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

You can play basketball - if you're lucky - for about 10 years. So, you're going to have to have something to fall back on.

I think it's important to feel good so that the football can take care of itself. If everything else is organised and ready to go, then you're free to play football.

I understood I had to be good at school so I could play football in my free time. Usually, by the time I came home from school, I already had all my things ready for the next day, so I could put my bag on the side and go straight out to play football with my friends!

There is part of you as a female - no question - that feels like you have to be overprepared and outwork the men because people are automatically going to look at you and say, 'Well, you didn't play football,' or, 'You don't know what you're talking about,' because you are a female.

I'm just going to continue focusing on becoming a better football player, attacking the offseason with the mindset of getting stronger and doing everything that I can to show that when the time comes, I'm ready to play football.

I have been playing football since I was eight so I know how to play football. But no-one can really prepare you for the mental side of things and having 40,000 fans saying you're not a good player or you don't belong.

I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music.

He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.

It's hard for a player to plan for the future, especially in a game like football.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

This is what you do your routine for, so when playoff basketball comes, it helps you stay fresh, sharp, energized, strong - all that.

That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it.

After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.

When it comes down to playoff basketball, it's attention to detail.

That's the reason why you work so hard all year long, to put yourself in a playoff situation.

It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.