Quotes About Adaptability

Never give up on an idea simply because it is bad and doesn't work.

It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal.

I had studied William Shakespeare in Oxford, England and I had this sort of high faluttin' education but I had also worked in comic books. So, I wasn't too proud to work in something like cartoons.

Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change.

Strategy is, at some level, the ability to predict what's going to happen, but it's also about understanding the context in which it is being formulated. And then you have to be open-minded to the fact that you're not going to get it right at the very beginning.

We need to have a better balance between a deliberate strategy and staying open. Because in the end, most of us end up being successful in a career that we never imagined we would be in at the beginning.

I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.

I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a drummer, I'll use a real drummer.

I feel that if you can play on the streets or in a comedy club, then in a theatre it's a doddle because you've got an audience.

My brother shaved a cricket bat out of a coconut branch... we played cricket with anything we put our hands on - a hard orange, a lime, a marble - anything we could use in the backyard or the streets.

I want the humans to be able to hold their own against the strength of the machines.

I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength - this is mine.

When I'm a little lighter, I feel faster and I feel better. I thought I needed to be big, but I learned that I'm better off being quicker and more agile, because I still have strength.

One of America's strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.

I do think one of my strengths is the ability to adapt to whatever the situation is.

A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.

One of my strengths over the years is to be open-minded.

I've always preferred a 4-3-3. It's a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.

One of my strengths is being able to relate to all different types of players, and I think that the players know that I make the effort.

Adaptability is one of the biggest strengths that I have. To make decisions on the field, try and convince my captain to change fields, try and make him give that extra couple of overs.

If you worry about the batsmen or their stature, then you cannot play to your strengths.