Quotes About Adaptation

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

I didn't like the way the game was being played.

It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991

Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.

Life is one big transition.

Our sports are totally different, if Lance Armstrong himself were to come and train with us he'd be completely exhausted after half and hour.

The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.

Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.

Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.

Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know?