Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition.
The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.
Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.
If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation.
If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.
Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.
Adversity is preparation for greatness.
Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.
I don't underestimate the power of mental preparation throughout all of my training. I'm in a much better state of mind about competition.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.