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Quotes About Training

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.
~ Emil Zatopek
The English gentleman has ever loved a nice and classical scholarship. But these advantages were open only to persons who had received a very strict training, and who were voluntarily disposed to discipline themselves still more. To the mass of mankind the University was a "graduating machine"; the colleges, monopolist residences,—hotels without bells.
~ bagehot walter x
But no man would select the cadets of an aristocratic house as desirable administrators. They have peculiar disadvantages in the acquisition of business knowledge, business training, and business habits, and they have no peculiar advantages.
~ bagehot walter xiii
The body of the accomplished man has thus become by training different from what it once was, and different from that of the rude man; it is charged with stored virtue and acquired faculty which come away from it unconsciously.
~ bagehot walter xix
Para esta gente nova o que faz falta é a orem e a disciplina e um bom bocado de vitalidade.
~ Baptista-Bastos
Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
~ Barack Obama
A good GI bill would increase the recruit pool.
~ Barack Obama
Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
~ Barbara De Angelis
Are you still teaching?
~ Barbara Delinsky
He doesn't need to be fixed," Lockie said. "You can't look at it that way. It's a process of discovery, of letting Kyffhäuser develop into the athlete he wants to be and can be. It's nothing that can be rushed. He got to this point because he was pushed every step of the way. That training has to be undone for him before he can make progress.
~ Barbara Morgenroth
Border Collies need stability, but they don't have to have routine – in fact, once in a routine they can become quite demanding
~ Barbara Sykes
Collies learn things quickly but they can also pick up bad habits just as quickly. A simple Border Collie 'task' of digging for a bug or a worm can soon turn into a massive excavation.
~ Barbara Sykes
A young dog under pressure will make mistakes and pressure on a dog is usually caused by an impatient handler.
~ Barbara Sykes
Never take hold of a dog's collar and pull him to where you want him to be, as this is a direct confrontation to a dog and can make a strong-minded dog want to be dominant and a gentle or sensitive dog may be made to feel submissive, neither of which you want in your dog. There
~ Barbara Sykes
A Collie who learns to chase a ball before he learns how to control his enthusiasm can become ball-obsessed. A Collie who learns how to invent his own game with a ball, before running to retrieve one, will be less obsessive, and will be able to amuse himself without getting over-excited.
~ Barbara Sykes
Can the military art be learned in the games and hunts in which you pass your youth?" The
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
The boy would learn to ride, to fight, and to hawk, the three chief physical elements of noble life,
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
finished their compulsory training under universal service and were between the ages of twenty-three and thirty-four were classed as reserves. Upon mobilization the youngest classes filled out the regular army units to war strength; the others were formed into reserve regiments,
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
You need eyes that tell the dog who watches them what you are feeling toward it, even though the message may be hidden from the outside world. Above all, you nee telepathy so that the dog thinks with you. These things are not always born in people. They can be developed as any sense or gift can be developed. That is, providing the person wishes to develop them is honest in mind, because with animals you cannot cheat...
~ Barbara Woodhouse
It's up to the owner to make sure elimination actually happens. If [he doesn't eliminate right away], go back inside, crate the pup for five minutes or so, then take him out and try again.
~ Bardi McLennan
Before you even bring your new puppy home for the first time, you should have decided where his potty spot will be. Before he goes inside to meet the family, he will need to "go" outside. As soon as you arrive home, take him to the designated spot.
~ Bardi McLennan
When you set him down, keep the leash loose and, if possible, out of his mouth. This is not playtime. Stand with him, moving him back and forth in a small area; 15 square feet is the maximum. If he's showing you how well he can sit, running a few steps may inspire him to get up. But you're not going anywhere. This is not a walk; it's "go potty" time.
~ Bardi McLennan
Another thing to avoid at all times — before, during and after this fear phase — is pulling back on your dog's leash when meeting friendly dogs or people. This common puppy-owner mistake will actually increase a puppy's fear or make him aggressive. He needs your upbeat voice telling him all's well in his world.
~ Bardi McLennan
My training is in the arts of killing and preparing the kill for consumption. I am told you call this home economics.
~ Barry B. Longyear