Preparation is Key Quotes

The right time to record is when you're not quite ahead of yourself.

I still believe in 'how you train, how you play.'

Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject.

You can't show up on set and expect it all to come together. You have to have a plan, much like how the director can't just show up and go, well, where should I put the camera? That is gonna determine how it is lit, you should have already been in the room looking at it earlier, pre-lit the room, you know there is a lot of prep that goes into it, so it is the same thing with acting. You can't just show up.

The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

I don't think I have advice for female directors as opposed to male directors. I think all first-time directors should try and be as prepared as they possibly can, because it's hard!

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.

Luck does indeed favor the well prepared.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.

The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

Preparation in Miami is always good because of the weather.

Most people think money is the key to reducing risk. Prepartion is.

A well begun is half ended.

Pressure comes from a lack of preparation.

With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.'

The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation.

I have a healthy respect. The fact that I get ready for each opponent shows my respect.

The way I operate as a football player and the product that I put on the field in relation to the business that I conduct, I want it to be as tough as possible in practice so when I get into the games I've been there before.

Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'