You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.
I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?
If I was playing for my local club I'd want to play in exactly the same way as if I was playing for England and, if that ever changes, it's probably time to stop.
I have too much respect for the music and for the band and the fans to give anything less than my best.
Playing to a decent standard sometimes isn't enough.
The other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts, and the show as a whole will deliver the same Yes experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.
I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to her.
I expect the audience to come up to my level.
There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them.
Performance is one thing which has to be good because you're an actor.
You are only as good as the movie you make. I really believe that.
I come from some humble beginnings, and I just believed that when people pay their money, hard-earned money, that they deserve a certain level of performance.
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?
A quality player is a quality player.
I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma is supposed to be. And we're going to do all we can to be that. And if we don't, there will be no excuses. You either do or you don't.
Watching the Dodgers perform at a really high level is a nice reminder to us as to how high the bar is.
A high performer is someone who says, 'I want to be the best at what I'm doing.'
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what you're the fastest.
What I seek is the highest possible batting average.
Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to how good he is as an artist, and I wouldn't even put myself in the same category as an actor.
