Quotes About Precision

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

My free-kick secret? I just look at the net and say take the kick, Cristiano.

If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

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

Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.

What really makes baseball so hard is it's retributive capacity for disaster if the smallest thing is done wrong, and the invisible presence of defeat that attends every game.