Quotes About Adaptability

I had to play on many other teams before I made it on the Spurs. When you make that kind of journey, it only helps you when you get here.

I train with joy and fun, because if I'm not persuaded by the squad at my disposal, I try changing things around, moving players into new positions, and trying something different; otherwise, I get bored.

Both players and coaches take time to understand each other. Frequent changes bring that rapport to square one.

The nice thing about Squirrel Girl is that she's smart, and she looks for situations that don't necessarily involve punching people all the time.

My first job was as a treetopper, and I was so damn good at it they called me 'Squirrel.' And then I joined the military and became a paratrooper. And later on in life I raced motorcycles and cars.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.

Move fast with stable infrastructure.

Nowadays, there's no such thing as a stable job.

Playing in an empty stadium won't faze me at all.

In the stadium, when it is very noisy, you only have a limited influence as a coach. You need players on the field who understand the plan and who will talk to the guys when things are not going well.

I am a tumbleweed. I don't have a company. I don't have a staff. I don't own anything - I've never owned a car or an apartment.

They used to have a saying among the musicians on staff when I was with him, 'Sinatra never does anything the same way once.' He was a perfectionist, he was a taskmaster and he knew exactly what it was he wanted because he understood how to deliver his message to the audience; never was there a greater example of that than that man.

When your team needs you to fall back or your coaching staff needs you to fall back, they're going to pull you back a little bit.

The joy of being a chameleon on stage is that you can be anything, and yet you're not any of those things as well.

Regardless of what the stakes are, our attitude and our mindset doesn't change.

It doesn't affect my authority if I change my stance on something. If I have to reconsider a decision, I will.

Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process.

Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.

Standing in the corner, it's not my game.

A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

Most stuff you can do standing on your head.

From a personal standpoint, my ability to play all around the wicket is more mindset than anything else.

'ACE' is one of the acronyms I've used over the years. It stands for 'Acting cures everything.' You weren't promised to come to the ballpark and feel great on your start day. Basically, how can you put something on display to the opponent that gives the appearance of 'OK, this guy is locked in today,' whether you are or not?