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Preperation

You don't get credit for being prepared (but you do get results). (Merle McCormack, 110% Solution)

Before beginning, prepare carefully. (Cicero)

They talk much in pedagogic circles today about the duty of the teacher to prepare for every lesson in advance. To some extent this is useful. But we Yankees are assuredly not those to whom such a general doctrine should be preached. We are only too careful as it is. The advice I should give to most teachers would be in the words of one who is herself an admirable teacher. Prepare yourself in the subject so well that it shall be always on tap: then in the classroom trust your spontaneity and fling away all further care. (William James, Talks to Teachers, 1902)

Have a prepared mind, not an empty head.

A famous football coach, "Hurry up " Yost of the University of Michigan, once rebuked a confident player who said their team would win because it had 'the will to win." "Don't fool yourself," said Yost. "The will to win is not worth a nickel unless you have the will to prepare."

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared. (Merlin Olsen)

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