Quotes About Momentum

We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.

The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.

If you get a few successive games you are going to get in to your stride and once you start playing more you get more confidence and then you can push on.

You want to hit full strides going into the first game and maintain it.

I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.

You gotta strike while the iron's hot.

Everyone likes to strike while the iron is hot. That's a philosophy I've always liked.

I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing to have that inspiration and not to overanalyze it or mess with it; you just follow it if you love what you do.

Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book.

People are anticipating my next move, and whatever it's going to be, it's going to be big. I'm not fussy over my opponent.

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

I focus a lot on training and running because in T20s one run-out or one catch can also change the momentum of the opposition.

Part of how you grapple with intense opposition is by creating real, organic momentum: by actually doing something for people, and then they rightfully buy into it.

Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's what gives our music a lot of its momentum, a lot of its energy.

Musicals are made of several climaxes that keep growing and growing; when you think it's over, it still continues growing up in plateaus.

Growth is the rising tide that floats all boats. The period of growth is one in which people are naturally less change-resistant. It is therefore the optimal time to introduce any change. Specifically, changes that are not growth-related should be timed to occur during growth periods. This is not because they are strictly necessary then, but because they are more likely to be possible then. You need that advantage going up against Goliath.

Good managers have a bias for action.

We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation

steep learning curve means you're climbing faster. And the steepest learning curves come right away.

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

Not all speed is movement.

sitting still" is just about the worst thing you can do. It's the new "going backward.

you are either climbing or sliding or growing and dying.

And if one doesn't dare to do something immediately then one never does it.