Hilary Hahn Quotes

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

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

It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So when I have a show coming up, I practice yodeling.

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.

Finishing is different to shooting. If you work at in in training sessions then you will just do it naturally during the game.

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.

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

Before I do anything, I practice it for a while, and then when I know it's the bomb, then I'm gonna present it to everybody.

Training isn't the same as playing.

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

You know, differentiating between training and matches. If they are all matches it becomes very natural to shoot them, although Dan thinks I should shoot more of them. I think I shoot plenty of them.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

The nice thing about doing a weekly record is you're rehearsing all week and working on getting the script better. Come Friday, when it's time to actually film it, you feel like you've done most of the work!

I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and constantly honing and trying to perfect a craft that is never perfectible - it's always new, and it's always different. It's always a work in progress.

I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.

I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.