Seasonal Planning Quotes

It's probably better for me to play 40 or 45 games and occasionally be rested and therefore still be full of energy at the end of the season.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

I just take it a season at a time because I know in football, things can change so quickly.

Every summer is important. If you have a bad summer, it can have consequences for the whole season. If you don't get people to rest and to have a very good pre-season, you can start the season chasing.

I think about the next season right away.

What you do in the off season determines what you do in the regular season.

I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction.

Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.

I think every partner in every situation is completely different and I think you have to adjust your teaching technique, your choreography and how you're going to approach the season in general.

I did buy a new piece of furniture so it's like, "Oh, that's something new." But generally my goals are made in the fall.

A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.

Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.

They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.

But I do think that, when you slow the conveyor belt down, the quality control tends to go up. You have a lot more time between seasons to talk about what worked and what didn't work, and plan for the future. And the pacing of the storytelling, particularly for on-going serialized dramas, means that you don't need to do non-essential episodes, just because you have to fill this pre-existing schedule.

I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus!