Quotes About Skill

People think that a good passer is a flashy passer. But that's not a good pass. It's just a flashy pass. A good passer is someone who's gonna hit the guy right on the hands, and the timing is correct. You pass late, and it's not a good pass. You pass too early, it's not a good pass, either. If it's off-target, it's not a good pass.

My timing and pressure is the definition of MMA.

Striking isn't just about kicking and punching. It's far more complex than that. It's also about timing and range.

Whether it's some last-second move within a move that he's adding, or switching up his timing the smallest amount, or using the rim as a shield in all of these creative ways... it's hard to explain, but what Kemba is able to do around the basket is unique.

Weichel hits very hard and is very good with the timing of his attacks.

My comic timing is quite good.

I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the way he fights makes people so excited.

When you're playing guitar, it's the tiny little nuances that make the difference. For me, obviously, tunings is a huge one.

Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.

If a guy hits seven contested threes, tip your hat off to him. Good game. But in most of the cases, that won't happen.

If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car.

I want my soldiers - I mean artists - to be young and strong, with tireless energy performing impossible feats of cunning and bravura.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.

I ain't a 16-fight novice who has only fought at British title level.

I'm good enough to win multiple world titles.

Keylor is an experienced goalkeeper who has won important titles.

I'm actually not a very good driver, to be honest with you. I'm a scatterbrain driver. I'm not very focused. I'm always trying to find the right music station or put on a new CD or trying to eat something.

The fight scenes are pretty easy and come pretty naturally for me, to be honest.

I'm good at what I do but, to be honest, not a whole hell of a lot else!

I am an all-around player. I'm like LeBron James. I can drive, I can shoot, I can pull up. To be honest, you can't game-plan against me.

I think I'm a great defender, to be honest.

It's difficult to love a goalkeeper. He is invisible, and is only in the limelight when he makes a blunder.