Quotes About Commitment

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.

I want every player to stay with the mentality and preparation to play together to win.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

Whether I play or not, nothing will change my preparation.

You know, I'm never really 100-percent in any of those fights, because it's so hard to have perfect preparation for fighting and cutting weight and making 170 pounds, and being in the best shape for training camp and to make that cut.

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.

My style is part of my lifestyle and part of my preparation to get ready to play in the game. It's my preparation for life, I should say.

I want to be great at what I do. I take a lot of pride in it. And I try not to sell myself short in my work and preparation.

The only thing I can control is my preparation and how I play games and how I practice.

I believe you have to learn how to win. And that just doesn't come from going out on the basketball court and playing. That comes from hours and hours of preparation, preparation before that game, preparation for the other team you are playing, mental preparation.

Preparation is very important for me.

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

I prepare for every role. I come into class with my homework under my arm.

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general.

You have an obligation as a player - as an athlete at any level - and it doesn't matter what sport it is. When you sign on, you sign on. You prepare that week to go win. I don't care about your schedule, or how many people got hurt - it doesn't matter. You owe it to the people in the building and guys in the huddle to prepare yourself to win.

When I prepare for a match, it's like work, even the way I have to shower and put on my makeup.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

I just tried to make as many plays as possible to try and show them how hard I work and how hard I prepare and that I am willing to do whatever it takes to win football games and to accept whatever role they want me to be in. I think that has helped me throughout my career.

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.