Quotes About Adaptation

You don't take anything for granted when you play in the European game because it's so different, sizing each other up takes a game.

In retrospect, I think I had some kind of learning disorder. I could kind of charm my way through grade school, but in high school... I could never seem to grasp things.

People want to protect their way of life, and when they think it's in danger they start grasping for more extreme-seeming alternatives.

I'm feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.

With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.

My game takes time to adapt to grass; grass is a little bit different.

I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll on and on and on.

Pressure is a combination of expectations, scrutiny and consequences. If the consequences are grave, then you feel more pressure and if you feel more pressure you learn how to cope with that.

I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

I use maps in my phone a great deal because I can't tell left from right. Having easy access to maps has given me a completely different life. When I first moved to London, I couldn't get anywhere and spent so much money on cabs because I couldn't figure it out.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

With Cleveland, I think they did a great job in knowing what their team needed, and when I came, I just did my job, and they fully embraced me.

The writers did a great job of adapting the characters from the 'Frozen' story and implementing them into the 'Once Upon a Time' world.

You've got to analyze and figure out where your deficits are and go to work on them, and then sometimes, it's how you respond that makes you a great leader or not.

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

What's the difference between a good player and a great player? A good player plays well in his own conditions - a great player plays well in all conditions.

If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but so be it.

The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It just feeds on itself.

I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.

The great thing about 'American High' is that, every year, you can do a completely different environment.