Quotes About Planning

I tend to edit some as I go - partly because one of the reasons I don't outline much is that I don't know what the next scene will be until I've actually written the previous scene.

For me, being able to be prepared for a lot of things is something I take pride in.

I want to be in my prime making the big money, enough money to put away so I can do something.

The 19 hijackers that came over here to commit the attack on Sept. 11, there were those that were at the bottom of the line. There were those who were the principal conspirators. There were those who were the pilot. Everybody has a role.

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.

I always thought I would probably be a high school coach and a principal and then a superintendent. Then it got way off track and it got into college.

My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.

In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.

Budgets are blueprints and priorities.

Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I made it a point years ago to figure all that stuff out because my life was a mess.

Prioritize your work, be clear with what you want to do in your life.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

Budgets are matters of priority and prioritizing. It's a high priority.

My priority will be my family in the years to come.

You can't always find a hotel with a crib. That's my first priority.

I didn't know if pro ball was in the plans for me. I didn't know it was going to happen right away.

I don't think anyone ever plans to change line-ups, but it's something that comes with being in bands. I was in a band once and there were always problems - members come and go - and some of the world's biggest bands have changed line-ups loads!

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

By thinking through the grilling process while still in the kitchen, you can easily gather all of the items that you might need and conveniently carry them to the outdoors area.

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

I never really saw myself as a producer but there were times when I thought after my in-ring career perhaps I could go into being a commentator or coming back as a general manager.

I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'

When we're shooting, I'm in producer mode.

'Bahubali' did not happen overnight. The producer Shobhu Yarlagadda, Prabhas, and I kept talking and discussing and imagining.