Matt Cassel Quotes

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

Don't think you are going to go on forever because you are not and begin to plan something that will compensate as you reduce your capacities to leap or turn on this or that or the other, begin thinking of something else.

The main thing is just really to play my game... and while you are playing the match, as it goes along, you kind of figure things out.

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.

Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

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

You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right.

I don't have a set way of preparing for something. You just have to take it seriously.

I feel like I've got a routine with how I study the opponent and go about each week.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

The game plan might be different based on the opponent, but the approach is the same.

You have to be adaptable. I don't think you can go into a game with any fixed plan.

You never know what the future might bring. I'm taking it game by game and play by play.

Playing the game was the easy part. The real work was in the preparation.

You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.

There's nothing wrong with a plan, but remember Von Moltke's famous dictum that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The danger is a plan that seduces us into thinking failure is impossible and adaptation is unnecessary - a kind of ‘Titanic' plan, unsinkable (until it hits the iceberg).

Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.

You know, you can try and plan [filming] as much as you want, but you get there on game day and you get thrown a curve ball, I guess, hey, the game plan goes out the window. You've got to adapt.

A lot of the things that other people from outside the business would see as crazy or strange are just a natural part of the working process. Preparation is key, and detail and collaboration are the rule, but no matter how many hours you spend preparing, there's always something.