Marlon Wayans Quotes

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I see them forcing things. I definitely do my best work when I'm free of that. But I think as an actor, I work really hard in preparing the roles.

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

I know from my experience as a swimmer that you put in the work and practice, and come game day, your body is ready, and you just have to trust your training.

The training camp is where you do all the hard work.

There's no offseason in this business. I'm just going to make sure I train my butt off in and out of the ring.

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

The real football starts in training camp.

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

When we're not on the practice field, I'm watching tape, and when I'm not watching tape, I'm doing body work or something like that.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.

Fights aren't won in the octagon, they're won in the months leading up to them, in a near-empty gym, in the lost hours of a day, whether I feel like it or not.

If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way.

Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly.

Without training you will not grow wings.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

The body I had at 21, God gave me. The body I have at 31, is one I worked for.

Football is an art form in itself. All sports are.

I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.

A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.