Quotes About Adaptation

I'm personally in a different stage of my career than I was at the beginning. I was young and tried to run a lot and fight for things. Now it falls naturally. That's something you get with experience.

New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you.

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a lightbulb.

There is no schooling for fame and success. You learn as you walk.

Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

I guess I could take things from every place that I've been and find something familiar and wonderful about it that makes me feel like I'm at home.

Conquering America for a U.K. artist is incredible because that's what everybody wants and dreams about. The accomplishment is dominating a market which you aren't familiar with.

Any time you're comfortable or familiar with something, it's easier than something you're not familiar with.

It's really difficult when you don't see much of a team and you're not familiar with how they play.

I think there are definitely positives when you go back to the familiar, because it's something you don't have to think about when you know the place. But sometimes on the other hand, it can be quite unchallenging.

Military families become familiar with trying to contort their lives around deployments and separations.

To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.

I think you have to obviously be familiar with how the team wants to play and play to that style. But I think you also have to find a way to be yourself.

The public was used to a Pauly Shore film coming out every year or two, you understand? So when that went away, the public lost familiarity with me.

You know people probably don't realize this but I lived in Denver for 10 years as a kid. I was familiar with the city and what it had to offer. You know like any place it's changed a lot over the years. But that familiarity hit home for me.

I think families find a dynamic that works for them.

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

In international cricket, the core group in most of the teams would remain same. So you know what's expected, but they will operate in different conditions, which is why the homework about conditions is the key.

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

I'm not sure if it's easier to play against teams who try to play football against you rather than sit back.

I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

I think new regulations create a reset for all teams.

You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals.

I'm sorry to say it, but we have to be more arrogant and more streetwise because we are coming up against some great teams who have that streetwise mentality. They bring their play into it: you do what you have to do to win a game. Simple as that. Be streetwise and clever.