Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. - Kareem Abduljabbar When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment. - Sara Blakely The minute you get away from fundamentals whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing. - Michael Jordan It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment. - Jimmy Smits

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. - Barack Obama The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it? - Clare Short