I don’t really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
It’s difficult to go out when there is a match every third day. There isn’t that much time – it’s either preparation or recovery – and I would rather spend my time with friends at home.
To become a doctor, you spend so much time in the tunnels of preparation – head down, trying not to screw up, trying to make it from one day to the next – that it is a shock to find yourself at the other end, with someone shaking your hand and asking how much money you want to make.
I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.
Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.
In Ethiopia, food is often looked at through a strong spiritual lens, stronger than anywhere else I know. It’s the focal point of weddings, births and funerals and is a daily ceremony from the preparation of the meal and the washing of hands to the sharing of meals.
In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.
I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.
When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.
I did take part in a couple of Vishy Anand’s training camps. The experience has truly been invaluable. I saw from up close the level of preparation that I should be striving for.
Well, there’s much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage – as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I’m doing now – but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.
Yes, process and preparations are the most important for me as a player. If preparations are not great, that tends to affect performance. When preparations are perfect you are not searching for results but only counting on performance.
The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.
The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.
I would love to play cricket today, with all – I am not just talking of money – the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.
I want to be great at what I do. I take a lot of pride in it. And I try not to sell myself short in my work and preparation.
I think a winner has to be a master of preparation, they have to be a master of connection, extremely competitive and have really high standards for themselves and the people around them.
India is decidedly not anything that was part of my upbringing or part of my experience or part of my preparation. I really fell into it the way one should fall into it, you know – through love.
As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
I’ve traveled to Brazil, Europe, Asia – all in preparation to defeat Demetrious Johnson, to defeat the pound-for-pound best fighter in history.
With my dad coming from a theatre tradition, there was a lot of preparation before auditions. Not just in terms of saying the lines correctly but a process of entering into what it was all about.
I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.
Before important games, I don’t change my preparation.
Preparation is very important for me.
I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music.
I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you’ve got to imagine your goal.
I’m one of those guys that trusts my preparation.
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality.
Preparation is key.
My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.
One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy – a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.
When you are not scoring runs for the last two-three games, then you need to get that form back; preparation is the best thing to do.
Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.
I always know in advance what I’ve got coming up. Preparation’s important to me – it helps my performance.
It doesn’t take a lot of preparation for the Rumble compared to how you would prepare for a match where it’s you and another guy.
The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.
Every race is like training and preparation.
The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.
Don’t be afraid to learn on the job. No matter how much preparation you’ve done, the tech industry is changing so fast that we’re all learning every day.
The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there’s a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It’s not something you’re aware of.
I don’t really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don’t see what goes on behind the scenes with an athlete and their preparation.
I’ve completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I’m doing lots of volume for strength.
You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.
For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that’s not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it’s like, ‘Oh, snap… what she’s doing on her own, we’ll add to that, and it’ll blow up.’
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Good luck is a residue of preparation.
When you coach as long as I did, you can’t help but miss those Saturdays – dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.
The first time I did a men’s game, it was strictly because of an emergency. I went down with no preparation, but I was a fan and knew the teams. And I knocked them dead, so the next year, I had a package of men’s games.
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.
Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
I love working in TV. And I love the adrenaline of hosting things like ‘Access Hollywood’ with, like, zero preparation and just going straight on.
You don’t need preparations for a family gathering. We have one almost every night where we meet, laugh, get drunk and come back home. We’re one family that’s happy among ourselves.
I believe in the magic of preparation. You can make just about any foods taste wonderful by adding herbs and spices. Experiment with garlic, cilantro, basil and other fresh herbs on vegetables to make them taste great.
It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we’re ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that’s core to our civil service values over the last 150 years.
I don’t think I’m an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home.
I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation – in particular my stretching.
But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.
Some really good players are coming out of county cricket. Better preparation, and looking after yourself physically are things that counties should still have to strive for. Also, the volume of county cricket is still far too high. I’d definitely like less county cricket.
