Quotes About Adaptability

I'm less Soho House these days, more Airbnb. It's just so useful to have a washing machine, or to rock up somewhere with a baby bed and all the other kit provided.

The most useful virtues, for one who walked on, were flexibility and a willingness to improvise.

Going with it was Tenley's superpower. Only child of a single dad, she'd learned to roll with almost any situation. The upside was very little ruffled her. The downside was very little ruffled her.

the willingness to be ruthless helps innovation.

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

Let come what comes, Let go what goes, See what remains.

you have to be able to survive mistakes in order to learn, and you have to learn in order to create sustainable success

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

All You Have Is What You Bring With You

No self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.

No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter, and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client

But the big feature of human-level intelligence is not what it does when it works but what it does when it's stuck. —MARVIN MINSKY

It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.

One day you are up, the next down, and I have to remain calm, work, help, and learn; that is the most important.

My confidence has grown so much in the past few years that even when I'm not playing my best, I still feel calm on court and find a way to win.

If you think you're going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you're crazy. But he doesn't force it on you. He doesn't force anything on you, which really makes things easier.

I would like to work anywhere, whether it is the U.S., the U.K., Canada, or Europe.

I always say, even in this industry that I'm in - I'm on a show today, but the show could get cancelled.

If I don't score runs in 5-10 games, it doesn't mean that everything is lost. I know what kind of a player I am and what my capabilities are.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

I've had several different careers.