Quotes About Adaptation

Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.

I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.