Quotes About Precision

We made drawings the size of a whole quarter of a room ceiling, which we would then send on to the model makers. I did this every day for two years. Even now I can draw cartouches with my eyes closed.

I know roughly when I skate a good program where the score should end up.

I aim to skate as clean as possible.

I'm an ice skater. I'm all about the glitter.

When we get off the line in skating we kind of look like little ducks running.

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

I really like figure skating.

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

I always craft my words to the point where I think and hope they're perfect before I ever begin sketching.

When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.

It's incredible in our sport how small the differences are, and we are all aware of that. We're all on a high level and skiing well, and at the end, it's just hundredths that count. Maybe it's just one finger or a hand can change the color of a medal.

Shooting is a skill you can develop. It's repetition and confidence.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.

Da was a real fisherman. But it wasn't the catch that mattered, it was the skill of the cast, the preparation of the flies. I often think my inability to prepare, my desire to get going, are a direct result of watching my father making all those painstaking preparations before he cast his line.

I want to shoot an elk with a bow. Mind you, I've never hunted in my life. But I feel like if I'm ever going to hunt, it's going to be with a bow. I just feel like a bow requires more skill.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

I use my mind. I set up blocks. I wait for things to open. I time up things. I use a lot of skill catching the ball.

My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry.

I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman.

Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

Good knife skills are lessons you learn over time.