Brad Stevens Quotes

Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.

I've had matches that were close.

That's why everybody loves to tune in and watch these fights, because at any given moment, any given fight, any given fighters, anything can happen. A fighter could win nine out of 10 times, but there's always that one time.

It's a slim margin of error in this league.

To come to somebody's hometown and beat them on a split decision, that's saying something.

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

The margin is very marginal.

The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.

The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning.

What I'm really more interested in doing - because I think, in a way that's kind of obvious - and you can see, look into Austria - you've got a far-right candidate who may become the president because he's in a close-run race.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall.

Playing live is about going for it .. it's about bringing it ... you should see a bunch of people trying out stuff, actually performing, instead of learning the record and recreating it note for note. I can't play the show the same way every night .. I really need to be in a creative environment, every night or I'll go nuts ... my manager accuses me of singing just long enough to get me to my next guitar solo - which is true.

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second

I had a very good package for Phoenix, but at other tracks we do not have the power. The Brazilian Grand Prix was maybe closer to the reality.

I just really committed to trying to never repeat myself. I'd seen actors do that on films, and I was, like, "I wanna try that once!" Ultimately, I'm much more in the school of getting one or two versions that feel right, as opposed to going all over the map. But it's fun to exercise that once in awhile.

You have to keep on the very edge of something, all the time, or the picture dies.

Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.

There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

I didn't hit the ball like I was 46. But I putted like I was 66.

A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that much. But if something's not working right on a Ferrari, it makes a big difference. It's the three percent that makes the difference between good and great. It's a fine line. If you're not there, it's very painful.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure.

...to win by one is enough.

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.