Preparation for Success Quotes

We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.

The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along -- or don't.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

As a kid, I would do all of the plays at my school, and I was notorious for being in five numbers in one show. I'd go onstage, run backstage for a wardrobe change, and then go back out onstage. I'm always trying to do more than I should but when I got my lucky break (or whatever it's called), I was prepared because I studied and worked really hard for it.

I feel like whatever you've done in your career, good or bad, it's nothing but preparation for the big events to come.

Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future.

You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

The thing that's most important in getting you in the best mindest is just being prepared - having a great practice, and knowing that no matter what knowing you're going to go in with confidence. You need to have that confidence to power through.

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

When teams see coach Gruden and myself run out on the field, they know, 'Hey, man, we are in for it mentally today.'

When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.