Daphne Bavelier Quotes

Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.

Being in midfield, in general, you don't have a lot of time to think, and in the Premier League, that's even less of the case. You just don't have time to think.

I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.

A freewheeling mind can conceive a virtually infinite number of sequences, but just how that mind picks out and stores those that may perhaps be used later to deal with a given tension, a given situation, is far beyond my understanding.

Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.

When you're making a film, you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip.

You have to be able to process 1,000 things that are happening at one time and be able to decide the right technique to use. And have the reaction between what your eyes are seeing and what your hands and feet need to do.

It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set. But a few seconds' thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance.

I don't work with a lot of preparation. I think very well on my feet, and I'm very good when the pressure is on.

I'm definitely a person who works well under pressure.

In the Premier League, you don't have one second to breathe - you have to be on it from the first minute. If you lose focus - just for a few seconds - the game will pass you by. It's 100 miles an hour.

I'm good in an emergency.

People who played action video games have better vision in the sort of conditions where there is not much contrast. It can make all the difference when driving at dusk, or in fog, in being able, for instance, to see a dog crossing the road in twilight.

With my intellect, I'm somebody who can think fast, think on my feet and can think under pressure.

My best asset to my game is my IQ. I play the game thinking the game first.

I like efficient people. I'm pretty impatient, so I can't stand people who putter around.

At Madrid, pressure is normal.

I like the feeling when you don't have much time and you have to think fast.

I feel I handle the pressure situations well, and that's why I want to be there at the end.

I've always been able to stay calm in high-pressure situations.