Tim O'Brien Quotes

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

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

Dig your well before you're thirsty.

I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

You can't be nervous when you know your steps.

Good is the delay which makes sure.

We must make ourselves strong to meet a future which is dark and obscure.

I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment: if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.

No matter who's at quarterback, you've got to be prepared and be ready to help out the team.

I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do.

You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.

My opportunity, when it ever does come, I want to be ready. But my job, my role, and that's not going to change, is to be the best teammate I can be.

As long as everybody's doing what they need to to get ready to play each night, we don't have a problem.

If you've done the work, done the training sessions, when you go into these games, you should feel ready. All you can ask is, 'Did you do your best, and try your best,' and then what happens, happens.

I'm not going to worry about any outside pressure or distractions or any of the things that comes with being the #1 pick. I know there is responsibility that comes with it, but I'm ready to get after it.

I am responsible for my brother's death. I feel the guilt of having survived. People say, 'You should be happy. You survived.' But I have this feeling that it is not right that I am alive.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

I trust myself, the way I prepare. I feel like I know what I'm doing.

When I was in Switzerland, I still had the fantasy I could have saved my parents and family if I'd stayed in Germany. All nonsense. If they had not made the sacrifice to send their only child to Switzerland, I wouldn't be alive.

I don't fight without being prepared, even when I lose.

I'm just ready to do whatever my team needs me to do. I'm just going to be prepared and ready to go out there and do my role, and do whatever my team needs me to do to win games.

One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.