Quotes About Practice

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.

Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

I practice the martial arts. I don't practice MMA. MMA is my job, MMA is a new sport. Martial arts is the knowledge from the ages.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and see your friends, you can go to the movies, you do whatever you like to do.

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

I believe both the mind and the body need to be strong. We practise so hard that even if we hit a saturation point, we can't stop because that is the kind of dedication the sport requires.