Quotes About Effort

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

You have more control of things if you play defense. And you can control how you play defense, too, with effort and preparation.

Preparation is such a big thing and you should never take that for granted.

I always plan what I'm going to wear, although I hope my clothes say that I look really good and I've not thought about it! Ironing is part of the preparation, so I don't mind it.

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

Anytime I prepare a meal for my family, I am putting all of my time, effort, energy, and love into it.

I want to execute my job to the best of my ability and just prepare myself to be able to do that.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.

When I prepare for a fight, I never expect it to be easy. I believe that that would create a chance for me to not give my best in the Octagon.

Sometimes a manager can only do so much, as in prepare a team, and then the team have to go out there and perform.

We'll work hard every day to prepare for the matches and to do our best in every game.

Live television is just like competing on live TV. You're never going to be perfect. You just try to prepare the best that you can and execute the best that you can and try to be in the moment.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

If I have to use a body double, it means I'm not well prepared to do what I have to do.

After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.