Quotes about Performance

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.

Implementation beats oration.

It takes a lot of energy to be funny... for me it does. I feel like I work twice as hard when I'm doing comedy.

If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.

I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.

I'm far more drawn to performances by strong women than I am to men.

For a long time - when we first started getting a much higher level of attention - I really struggled with feeling like I was letting people down. Because when you do a show, there are, like, a hundred fans waiting to see you afterwards, and sometimes you can't see them.

On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.

My object is to make people happy with our music.

As a running back, when you get the ball year after year - and I would say three years on the short end and seven on the long side - you reach a point where it seems like overnight, your body changes and you can't do what you used to do anymore. We see those drastic declines more at running back than any other position.

I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated.

Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line: It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.