Ahead Of The Game Quotes

• You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

  Kate Moss

  Games, Able, Pretty Face

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you make people feel important, you're going to be ahead of the game.

  Zig Ziglar

  Games, People, Important

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• The only way to consistently stay ahead of the game is to adopt a long-term view and, if appropriate, with a strong contrarian spin.

  Mark Mobius

  Strong, Views, Games

  Mark Mobius (2012). “The Little Book of Emerging Markets: How To Make Money in the World's Fastest Growing Markets”, p.82, John Wiley & Sons

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• I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

  Millard Drexler

  Games, Shoulders

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• Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

  Paul Weller

  Games, People, Sometimes

  Source: thequietus.com

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• People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

  Kate Moss

  Congratulations, Thinking, Games

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Jobs, Games, Hobbies

  Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• If you can figure out what their motivation is, then you're ahead of the game. I think that's why a lot of people who are in this industry don't have a lot of friends - but have a lot of acquaintances - because you never know what everyone's ulterior motives are.

  Donald Faison

  Motivation, Thinking, Games

  Interview with Paul Eide, me.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.

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• The world is facing a new networked, digital lifestyle, and we will ensure that Canon remains ahead of the game.

  Fujio Mitarai

  Games, World, Digital

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• Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.

  Bernard Malamud

  Children, Back Love, Games

  Bernard Malamud (1979). “Dubin's Lives”, Penguin Books

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• Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Games, People

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.84, New Riders

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• If you can keep your son off the pipe and your daughter off the pole, you're ahead of the game.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Daughter, Humor

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• I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

  Bob Balaban

  Thinking, Games, Acting

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• If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

  Carl Reiner

  Games, Names, Laughing

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• This is my first summer [with] no trouble. I ain't go to jail for speeding. Didn't go to jail for DUI. I didn't break my foot. I didn't break my other foot. I'm one step ahead of the game already.

  Kwame Brown

  Summer, Games, Feet

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• What was your greatest challenge? Staying alive as a business, staying ahead of the game, and melding my business life with my personal life.

  Lillian Vernon

  Business, Games, Challenges

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• The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game. You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Jobs, Thinking, Games

  "Gates Unlocked: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The "The African Americans" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. October 17, 2013.

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• Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.

  Harvey Mackay

  Money, Freedom, Business

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• I was really fortunate. I don't believe in luck so I was really fortunate. God really blessed me in terms of my health. ... I was really healthy. But I tried to do my part in terms of preparation, in terms of perseverance. I tried to do my part to make sure that I was always ready to play and try to stay ahead of the game. I tried to beat people with my mind. I wasn't the biggest or the one that jumped the highest, but I had a real high basketball IQ and I knew it. ... I was a student of game and tried to prepare and be professional and have a good attitude. All of those things helped me have a long career.

  Avery Johnson

  Basketball, Perseverance, Attitude

  "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. December 2011.

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• If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Games, Elements

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• I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I think you get enormous reward from the audience. Just give them something they didn't see coming, and you get enormous points.

  David Nevins

  Ambition, Simple, Thinking

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• The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.

  John C. McGinley

  Games, Ideas, Way

  "John C. McGinley's ABCs". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 7, 2012.

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• It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Funny, Dream

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• There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.

  Alexander McQueen

  Games, Steps, Influence

  "The Real Mcqueen" By Susannah Frankel, www.harpersbazaar.com. April 1, 2007.

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• Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.

  Billy Gibbons

  Games, Play, Water

  "David Lynch and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons dream about machines" by Michael Hann, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2011.

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