Future Performance Quotes

The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.

The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it can as quickly as it can. You don't really care so much if the company made a dollar last year; you want to know what it's going to make this year.

Our future rates of gain will fall far short of those achieved in the past. Berkshire's capital base is now simply too large to allow us to earn truly outsized returns. If you believe otherwise, you should consider a career in sales but avoid one in mathematics.

I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity.

Potential just means you ain't done it yet.

If you're very talented and keep winning, you'll do just fine. It may take a while. But the talent is hard to identify and talent is hard to tell from luck. There's an awful lot of luck in this business. Past performance is not helpful in judging future performance.

My first game went very well. My teammates told me to be quiet and not to put pressure on myself. I hope to do even more in the future and start scoring goals.

Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

I think Kevin Garnett is going to be really good at some point.

Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of my future performance. They're just healthy little fires that are gonna warm up my ass

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.

Sometimes I watch past goals, but I don't watch them because I think that it'll help me to score in the next game.

We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?

Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it.

I remember performing with the Choir as an instrumentalist when I was still in school and it was wonderful to share the stage with them again more recently in Rhyl and at the opening of the Wales vs New Zealand rugby international at the Millennium Stadium. Here's wishing everyone involved in the Choir every success - I can't wait to perform with you again.

Nevertheless, as circumstances presently appear, I feel substantially greater size is more likely to harm future results than to help them. This might not be true for my own personal results, but it is likely to be true for your results.

When I fought Jorge Cota, that's a prelim of what's to be expected from me in the future.

You have expectations always when you buy players. Mostly, you have positive expectations.

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

The way you see your future determines your thinking today. You're thinking today determines your performance today. Your performance in the today of your life determines your future.

I cannot really say how many goals I will score.

It doesn't matter what you've done, but what you're going to do the next game, and that's what I'm focused on.

When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.

A Financial Research Corporation study determined that the expense ratio is the only reliable predictor of future mutual fund performance.