How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The military can buy our diplomats some time.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

If you have to stand and fight, you train yourself so that you’re able to do it.

I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president’s birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing ‚Happy Birthday,‘ like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, ‚Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!‘

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I’ve trained that way, I’ve actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn’t come. It’s almost because my training has been too hard.

I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

The biggest difference in the wet between F2 and F1 is that there’s so much more power in F1 as being on the throttle earlier has a bigger advantage.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

I don’t think there’s been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it’s my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

Some of the generals are saying, ‚We’re making progress. We are clearing an area.‘ But you really don’t defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn’t a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

My success rate speaks for itself.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don’t see why I would stop.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn’t cool.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

I’m definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.

I can’t see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That’s terrible.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There’s times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you’re passing it.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

When you walk into my classroom, I’m going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that’s the only way to prepare you for the real world.

You can only get to a certain point when you feel confident with the simulator and it always changes when you get to the track and you actually drive it for real for the first time.

Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

I can’t remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can’t remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That’s when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

Many people don’t understand ring control. They think they do until they’re against someone who really understands how to set traps, how to create holes in the octagon that they fall into.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.

Before all else, be armed.

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.

I think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

I never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.

There’s a reason that I have confidence out there, and it’s about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we’ve got to stick with that kind of thought process.

My whole life is a theater piece.

I love going one-on-one with someone. That’s what I do. I’ve never lost. It’s a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.