When you go through a tournament of seven games, there are peaks and valleys. You kind of ride the players that are hot.
But hitting is so crazy. You feel great today and get three hits. And the next day you show up and it's, 'What happened to my mechanics? Where's my swing?' Sometimes I even Google it and the search comes up with no results.
You can't judge a fighter by their worst performance.
I feel like, as long as you truly are a good player, then you can't go out and have a bad season.
Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.
I think an actor is very like a sportsman. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work, and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.
We all know that players will hit a few more home runs than usual in some years and a few less in others. But the mathematics of chance also predicts that some years they'll hit a lot more, and some years a lot less.
I'm like a pitcher. I'm either on or off.
It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final.
You can't be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.
If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.
When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.
Some days you really don't feel like racing and you have a great performance, some days you feel great and you have a mediocre performance.
Every actor or director has their ups and downs.
In 100m, the timings fluctuate.
No one can be their best every night.
Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win.
Sometimes, how I said already, I just wake up and play good. And sometimes I'm so tired.
I don't want to be hitting one day then not hitting my shots the next day.
We're always driven by our mindset and feeling on a particular show day, so you'll never know what you'll get until you see it happen in the ring.
Not everyone plays their best game every week.
I like bowling. I suck at it, but I like it. You know what's so funny? I have days when I'm absolutely great at doing it, and then I have days when I just don't understand it.
That's part of the NBA. It's a lot of ups and downs.
You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.
I've learned that every game is different. You could play one team and have a terrible game and the next time you play them have the best game of your career.
