You got good and bad people everywhere.
I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.
You can't do a good deal with bad people, and you can't do a bad deal with good people. I often use that as my compass.
When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.
In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.
If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.
You should not be defined by one bad performance.
Behavioral economics offers a plausible explanation for overreactions by the market. For example, a long period of bad performance can lead to stereotyping.
Cheer for your teammates, regardless of whether they're fast or slow, veteran or neophyte, varsity or JV. Or rally the spirits of someone who's had a bad performance. Also, encourage stragglers during tough workouts; jog back to 'pick up' a runner who's behind during a long run.
That's what international football is all about - be able to bounce after a bad performance.
Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance.
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.
Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.
Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.
Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.
I see the people in the tabloids, the ones that get bad press, who have kind of gone off the edge, and I try to study them so that I don't do that. It seems like they lost focus at some point - that's the one thing they all have in common.
The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake.
