Quotes About Precision

I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air.

I watch his hands, his beautiful, capable fingers. Scarred, as mine were before the Capitol erased all marks from my skin, but strong and deft. Hands that have the power to mine coal but the precision to set a delicate snare. Hands I trust.

I know every arrow must count, and they do. In the eerie light,

It's impressive how God attends to the details.

The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new.

I think there's something special about getting a moment perfect or near perfect. In a film, you can do that.

Dentists seem to me very orderly, businesslike people who appear to become somewhat bored with the routine of their work after a period of time. Perhaps I'm wrong.

There is somewhat of a skill to that and an intentionality in practice to be able to not just run your route to catch the ball, but also run your route to catch the ball and know where people are so you can run afterwards.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to perfection.

When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

The art of boxing is seeing spaces and being able to take shots. The hitting and being hit have to become one. Your reactions have to be so in the moment. There's no time to think.

You think you can drive accurately in confined spaces until someone puts something like a shipping container in the way and you suddenly think: 'I'm going to hit that.'

If you want to play dominant football, you need to get the ball, think fast, and play quick combinations in small spaces.

I think that football has changed, it has become more complex. For example, it's faster, you have less free space, and you have to play from such small spaces.

When the spaces are small, the crosses have to be good.

Numbers are important to the life, you better stay good at arithmetics.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.

Shooting is 99 per cent luck and one per cent training

DOING A THING WELL NEVER IS TROUBLE!