I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head; you have to be very deliberate about what you do.
I say this every time I get interviewed, I just try to get my shots on target. If they go in, they go in.
I have no doubt in my abilities that I can beat any of the top ten guys. Once I'm focused I know I can beat them.
I'm about business. I'm going to handle business like a professional. Aside from that, I'm going to give you everything I've got on every snap.
When you're going out with the attitude that you want to win, you can't get caught up in the style of play.
I firmly believe that knowing too much too soon can color your performance in a not good way. I just don't want to know until I need to know.
Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness.
The whole point of this game is that everything flows together in one simple movement... it should just flow and be fluid. And that's what I want to bring to the table every single time I fight. And I enjoy making it look, you know, like an art.
When you're a scorer, you are thinking about scoring, and everything comes easy.
