Richard Madden Quotes

We work hard in the gym; we work on set plays, which are massive. We work really hard on them on the training ground.

I've been training quite hard.

Great performers - in sports, the arts, business, or whatever field - have undertaken massive amounts of training. And when that training is complete... they train some more, and harder than they expect to perform. Why? Training builds confidence and ensures peak performance.

Every week we work really hard on that, in our defensive and offensive set pieces, and in our routines as well.

The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.

I think, for different types of things, more rehearsal is very important.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

I'd guess that every American action film would be different. It's just training, training hard, training a lot. Then trying to give your best performance on the day, and I've been lucky so far.

'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work.

When I put on a performance I always work so hard, so I have conditioning for 10, 15 rounds.

Without training, I'm nothing. If I'm not training, I'm done. Any athlete, they have to train and they have to practice to win games. For sure. One hundred percent. You have to be training.

Because I am of a generation and slightly old-fashioned, my bottom line belief is what you do is you rehearse and you work and you own it. Of course, you hone it during the first few performances but once you have it honed, not that you must ever assume it is perfect, part of the craft is being able to repeat that.

Put in the work in every day, put in the work in training, and it will show on the field.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

The regular season, it's kind of like a rehearsal. That's the way I look at it.

My job is to be able to perform for three hours or three and a half hours every Sunday and I've got to work my tail off to get to the point where I can do it, and that's what motivates me.

Have a good work ethic. You've got to practice, practice, practice. I'm not telling you what to practice - that's up to you.

I was not born a cricketer to start with, so I had to really work hard; I had to really train hard. It took lots of practice and lots of matches to get there.

The fight takes 15 minutes. The build-up takes 90 days. It takes that for a reason.

We do about 600 saves in a training week, just for that one save on a match day. That's why you've got to be in the game at all times.

It's different when you practice, obviously. That's why exhibition games are a chance to see what you're trying to do.

You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters.