24 Quotes by John Eliot

Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them.

The true exceptional performer is on super pilot. Every single sense, every fiber of his body is brought together in what he is doing.

If you really want to find out what you’re capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious.

Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled “arrogant,” “a maverick,” “a Wildman,” “weird,” or even “crazy.”

I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody’s performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs but to embrace that kind of physical response, enjoy it, get into it. That’s the first real ticket to being a performer who thinks exceptionally.

Superstars perform so naturally and so instinctively that they seem to be able to enter a pressure-packed situation that would terrify or freeze most people as if nothing matters. They let it happen, let it go. They couldn’t care less about the results.