Quotes About Adaptation

I know what I'm capable of. I know when the game is on the line and we need a spark play, I'm going to make that play. But we've got to be smart about it. Can't be forcing a lot of things if I'm getting double-covered a lot.

Now I'm kind of different. I'm not saying I lost my spark - I still have it - but I don't chase the goal as much as I used to. I'm playing for the team and I still know I can score, but it's different than two or three years back.

The original 'Dynasty' was fantastic, and no matter what you do, some of that diamond is going to sparkle through. We're just trying to re-shine it, I guess.

Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.

For my training camp against George Groves my main sparring partner was a 6ft 7inch cruiserweight who fought nothing like George. It was just wrong. Wrong preparation. I was as fit as could be, but strategically I didn't prepare right.

Sparring with southpaws have been different but nothing to worry me.

You try to make your sparring sessions as realistic as possible.

For my whole career, I didn't have sparring partners. I was frustrated when I came to the UFC because, after a few minutes of the first round, I would feel dead because I had no sparring partners.

I speak Italian and a little bit of French. I moved to Trento, Italy, when I was around 10 to learn Italian. I have family there. I'm trying to restart my French. And then I want to get into Mandarin.

I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.

I didn't speak English when I had my first job in motorsports.

I love Europe. I don't speak a lick of French, but I speak a bit of Italian. I can get through Italy better than I get through the rest of Europe.

People speak about diversity and representation like the world is ready. But when it actually happens, people can't take change. They can't deal with it. Which is why we have things like cyberbullying, which is why people will send you nasty DMs, say nasty things in your comments. Because they're just not dealing with it, they're not ready.

It's a common mistake to speak the same to everybody. We all have different filters.

A dubbing artiste does a lot of repair work for an artiste who doesn't naturally speak the language they are acting in.

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.

For me, when I did 'Thor,' they changed my lines at the last minute, and then I had to speak with an English accent - and it was horrifying. I was in front of a crew of 250 people on my first day - never happened to me before.

My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.

I love English, though I now call it 'Anglo- American' because we no longer speak British English due to globalization and America's economic power.

I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers.

When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.

After a couple of years in a professional setting, you'll get used to dressing presentably, preparing for meetings, speaking appropriately, showing up on time, writing professional correspondence, etc.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.