Manny Machado Quotes

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

I'm able to be able to achieve certain things that others aren't - whether it's a reaction time or the idea of a coffee that's about to be spilled and I'm able to grab it before anyone else or whatever it is.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

Change before you have to.

Strategy is, at some level, the ability to predict what's going to happen, but it's also about understanding the context in which it is being formulated. And then you have to be open-minded to the fact that you're not going to get it right at the very beginning.

Football is always moving and you've got to keep up with it.

I'm always looking to know what I'm going to do before I receive the ball in order to make my team play better.

Leaders have to be intensely aware and be bold and flexible enough to adjust course ahead of impending changes.

It is up to me to adapt and to continue to surprise with my positioning, the timing of my runs, the trajectories, when I call for the ball.

An athlete needs to read situations before they happen.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

I didn't have the ability to blow people off the court, so I needed my legs, my preparation and the ability to think on my feet.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

The world is changing quickly and we must be ready to change with it or risk being left behind.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

The challenge of our times is to leave nothing to chance.

Any plan is better than no plan.

The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast