Quotes About Practice

It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.

I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.

The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.

It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art; all you need is time, a good teacher, and practice.

In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in the mind during meditation.

Learn not to judge your meditation. Just meditate, do your best, set a minimum period of time and meditate.

Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.

I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.

Somebody who's learning how to ice skate for the first time would need skates, a helmet for head protection and elbow pads, because you do fall quite a bit.

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.

It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.

If I started at 13, by the time I was 14 I was already good enough to play in front of people. I started off playing drums when I was 5, so playing in front of people didn't matter - not a problem.

Please, sit down," Sharon said with another hair toss. I made a mental note to practice doing that in a mirror the next time I saw one. it seemed a useful skill, right up there with roundhouse kicks.

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

Before I realized I had faults, I was already joking about it, to get attention. By the time I went to high school, I had a pretty practiced routine down.

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.

Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.

The more times you do something, the more likely it is you're going to get it wrong.

I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in high school and college.

In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.