Quotes About Development

That's what the great teams do. That's where, if you're a good shooter, become a great one. If you're a good ballhandler, become a great one.

I worked a lot on my ball-handling and outside shooting during the off season.

'Shooting Star' started out as the arrangement on the record, and it's developed into a real audience-participation song, just from playing it.

With both novels and short stories, I think a lot in terms of character arcs, when it comes to endings.

The brain adapts very quickly. It is incredible how quickly we can adapt and what progress we can make in a very short time.

It's nice to have short-term to medium-term things that we can apply and see real change in our products, but also have longer-term, five to 10 year goals that we're working toward.

There are clearly skills shortages in some areas, and businesses can make sure they get the skills they need by training people on the job.

One does make mistakes and the best thing for any individual is to learn from those shortcomings.

I have a lot of shortcomings. I'm aware of that. I work on those things.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

If they're trying to get high school kids to go to the D-League, I will be shouting from mountaintops saying, 'What is this going to do to a generation of kids who say, 'All right, I'm going to do this,' you get one or two years to make it, and now you're out without any opportunities. Who's taking care of those kids now?'

It's something I've been working on since I started out at Sao Paulo, and over time I've tried to improve my skills. But even when I played in the local academy, I was trying to show off some ability with my feet. I actually scored several free-kicks.

I want to be part of projects where I can showcase my growth as an actor.

I'm just trying to get better every day. And I think if I do so, the accolades, the awards, the accomplishments will come.

When you are working with someone who is so aware of what they do, you become better, too.

I was an awful child. And now I'm an awful adult.

I was an awful singer when I was younger.

The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal with no manners, no moral sense at all.

It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are.

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile.

It's OK to fail once in awhile.

You never know with a new show. It takes awhile for shows to find their feet and for people to connect with it.

I got my awkward years out of the way.

Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back.