Quotes About Growth

Everyone who plays this game wants to continue to improve.

During the fourth year of college, I heard about auditions for a musical for which I got chosen. There after, I continued acting in plays and improved.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

Not to be narcissistic, but I truly believe in order to make yourself better, you should see what you did before and what was good about that and what wasn't - same way a football team plays a game and then they go back and watch film.

You know, most good playwrights write seven good plays and then something happens and after that they're crap.

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:

I really had to imagine the kind of person that I would have been if I had never left my hometown. I don't think I would have been a very pleasant person.

I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

Somebody saying something offensive to you or insulting to you is not pleasant, but it's part of life.

Unfortunately, my departure from Madrid was not pleasant, but those things are in the past, and I have learned a lot and matured.

Sadness is a necessary emotion. It's maybe not the most pleasant one to have, but it's cathartic.

You do not always have to play in the Camp Nous and the Old Traffords and with pleasant climates. It's different experiences that you take in... that's also a part of football.

I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.

From now on, we want to put on even cooler performances, be cooler, be better, so look forward to it. Please, always look forward to it.

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18. I didn't show up there to please anyone. After I was accepted, I wrote, 'The Audition's Over' and put it on the door of my dorm.

At every meeting, I mention that if I am doing something personally that gets in the way of progress for the company - or something needs to change - please come and tell me.

I've learnt so much over time and with the experience that I've gained. You can't please everyone.

We don't try to please everyone. Those older fans who expect something from The Roots are a tad more important to me than getting new fans.

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time.