Preparation Strategies Quotes

When preparing for auditions, I have no rituals. I just try to be as prepared as possible.

Van Gaal is how you see him in the press conferences; he's like that with us, too. He's honest and straightforward. He believes in his style of training and way of preparing for games.

I think you just prepare the way you've always prepared and go about the game the same way and see where you stand at the end of the year.

How can you prepare for something when you don't know what it's going to be?

I learned how to prepare like a pro, how to recover like a pro, how to live like a pro while at Duke.

I prepare for every game the same.

I've realised over the years I play my best when I have time to prepare for each tournament as best as possible.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

In Germany, we laugh at it. Mourinho just selects a topic to moan about - transfers, team preparation, a rival coach. But Pep Guardiola wants it all to be about the performance of his team. He's obsessed by possession, like at Bayern Munich, and will not compromise on that at Manchester City.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.

I was preparing to get into one of the IITs when I was in school. I was a good student.

If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready.