Quotes About Precision

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.

They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped twice. I twisted twice. They go, 'It's called a...' and I'm like, 'Why do I need to know that? I just need to go and do that.'

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.

I wrote the text of the resignation. I cannot say with precision when, but at the most two weeks before. I wrote it in Latin because something so important you do in Latin. Furthermore, Latin is a language in which I know well how to write in a more appropriate way.

I always back myself as a finisher, but I always practise it as well. Every type of finish: left foot, right foot, headers, penalties, free kicks.

One of the things I love about shooting the most is that there's no specific body type or body build that someone has to have.

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

Mike Tyson loved throwing hooks to the body and then coming up, even with the same hand... He knew that he was on the inside, and from there he had the perfect angle to come right up instead of going around the elbows.

I don't like to show off; if I have to save a ball in an ugly way, fine.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.

The Japanese are the ultimate students: they analyse things in so much detail... until they have pretty much mastered whatever they are studying.

I think F1, ultimately, is man and machine at its absolute limit. It is modern day chariot racing.

The way I see it, an umpire must be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every day.

Umpiring is a tough job. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't want to be an umpire. You've got a split second to make a decision.

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.

I have this unbeatable move where no matter what happens I can catch the line - it's the number one thing I practice - so my philosophy there is martial arts based, never putting myself in a position where I can receive a lethal blow. I haven't missed catching the line for over fifteen years.

I remember, when I won at Tucson by nine shots in 1975, I would say the average iron shot I hit that week was no more than two feet off line. It was unbelievable.

Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time's worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.

Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!