Quotes About Mastery

This doesn't mean that the professional doesn't throw down a 360 tomahawk jam from time to time, just to let the boys know he's still in business.

what ails you and me has nothing to do with being sick…What ails us is that we are living our lives as amateurs. The solution…is that we turn pro.

signed by Bobby Jones.

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

Without constant practice, the officers will be nervous and undecided when mustering for battle; without constant practice, the general will be wavering and irresolute when the crisis is at hand.]

With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete. This is the method of attacking by stratagem. 8.

So morning energy is keen, midday energy slumps, evening energy recedes—therefore those skilled in use of arms avoid the keen energy and strike the slumping and receding. These are those who master energy.

The ultimate skill in taking up a strategic position is to have no form.

many people beat their meat but only true warriors defeat it

seemed constant, even as to old opinions. Shelly now held a master's degree from Notre

My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.

But as with all skills, the most sophisticated techniques tend to have their foundation in the simplest of principles. As

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set. Depth beats breadth any day of the week, because it opens a channel for the intangible, unconscious, creative components of our hidden potential.

The technical afterthoughts of a truly great one can appear to be divine inspiration to the lesser artist. When

what I'm best at is not Tai Chi, and it's not chess. What I'm best at is the art of learning.

to incrementally condense the external manifestation of the technique, while keeping true to its essence. Over time, expansiveness decreases, while potency increases. I call this method 'making smaller circles.

the fields of learning and performance are an exploration of greyness—

For this reason, almost without exception, champions are specialists whose styles emerge from profound awareness of their unique strengths, and who are exceedingly skilled at guiding the battle in that direction. With

In your performance training, the first step to mastering the zone is to practice the ebb and flow of stress and recovery. This should involve interval training

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.

Great ones are willing to get burned time and again as they sharpen their swords in the fire.

In the end, mastery involves discovering the most resonant information and integrating it so deeply and fully it disappears and allows us to fly free.

I was unhindered by internal conflict—a state of being that I have come to see as fundamental to the learning process.

The real art in learning takes place as we move beyond proficiency, when our work becomes an expression of our essence.