I have observed that people make strategic plans for brands, businesses, and companies, but they are not always strategic about themselves.
I have my way of doing things.
I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.
Some days I'm just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don't want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.
I run 5 miles every night. It’s where I go to digest my day, hash out the multitude of information that’s been poured into me in the last wild six months or so, and to try and condense it down to some sort of cohesive strategy to live my life by.
To be alone as a pioneerlike we were, was difficult. My strategy was not only to help the people, or transform the world, but to do both
I have discovered that for me - now, maybe it doesn't work for everybody - for me, it is much more effective to arrive at any situation as a man from Mars than to try to fit in.
I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.
Throughout my career I have done it my way and used my stubborn streak. I thought the best way to captain was to shut out all the noise - I did it with my batting and thought 'that has served me well, so why change it?'
I don't have a career plan. I'm not strategic enough.
I've got a lot of criticism for not taking domestic fights but I've got my own strategy.
I don't run anybody else's race. When the gun goes off, I must evaluate with my own body and see. Then, as the race develops, I run accordingly. So you can say that I do not have a set tactic for any race.
Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.
I'm going to continue to be the same attacking style that I've always been. I'm not going to change it because of how other teams are treating me.
To each his own, but my process of preparation is based on conditions, not opposition.
I realized early on in my life that I couldn't hit the curve or throw the 50-yard post pattern, so talking about it would be my way in.
If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.
I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.
I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.
As a player you need to make whatever decision you think is best for your career.
I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength - this is mine.
For me personally, I try to use my size to my advantage where I can either slip by guys or try to create more space for myself.
What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
