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If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance. ”
I want to know everything there is to know about a specific area. And it's winning at that mastery that really drives me. I want to be best at something. I don't even know what 'this' is, but there's this inner drive to be the best. ”
Winning, to me, is relief; losing is like dying. It's gut-wrenching. ”
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf. ”
We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances. ”
Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly intimate, as if you were somehow partly responsible for them. ”
To the extent that bank panics interfere with normal flows of credit, they may affect the performance of the real economy. ”
I want to go and fight the best guys in the world and show people I'm the best. And hey, if something doesn't go my way - I don't think that's gonna happen. I realize that's a possibility in competition, and that's what happens. ”
If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit. ”
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner. ”