Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
It's all about starting momentum, hitting the ground running, and starting out hot.
If you're not starting well and not taking the lead, then you're constantly putting pressure on yourself as a team.
When you start the game with an ace, it's always better.
Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]
You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
A well begun is half ended.
Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won.
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing
A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.
Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than bad starts, and I traditionally do. But I would hate to make it all the way to the Olympics and have a bad starting day.
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.
