Quotes About Training

no industrial designer worth his salt, or our attention, has been trained to work exclusively on any particular product, unless by accident. What he has been trained to do is practice a process called design, a process that includes esthetic choices but does not consist only of them.

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.

The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace, make it free from distractions, train it to look inward, and make all this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind. (p. 20)

His body had thrown a bewildering array of kicks and strikes at the punching bag, most of which he was sure had hurt him more than they would have damaged any real-world assailant.

The techniques that were taught to the United States Marine Raiders, OSS Operatives, and British Commandos during the Second World War are some of the most highly effective unarmed killing techniques that are known.

It is not literally true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Most people will not see what is in a picture, or will see it through the most readily available visual cliches. It takes training and an analytical vocabulary to talk about what is in a picture, and to know what to look for. A picture is worth a thousand words only for those who already have internalized an adequate vocabulary.

In fact most of the slick computerized or cam-driven machines just won't do the trick as well as the basics of a barbell, a bench, and squat racks.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

the basics have to be stressed over and over. If I had a brick for every time I've repeated the phrase QSC and V (Quality, Service, Cleanliness, and Value), I think I'd probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them. And the operators need the stress on fundamentals as much as their managers and crews. This is especially true of a new location. So

Some of the service-dog organizations raising animals for the disabled, for example, will start five hundred to a thousand well-bred puppies a year—only to have less than 50 percent achieve an appropriate level of working ability.

I like to do squats because I want my butt to be bigger.

I really work on my abs. I'll do crunches, and I work on my butt.

There's no offseason in this business. I'm just going to make sure I train my butt off in and out of the ring.

We didn't have any simulators. We had to do it on the track all the time. Now they've got simulators for everything. And, if they have an accident or go off, then you just press a button, re-set, and away you go again.

I spent many hours in the batting cage. I remember many days when my hands were pretty cut up and bleeding.

I train in the cage all the time. I have my own cage in my gym.

The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.

I have a cage at home, I have a cage at all the gyms I train.

We can't get in the cage thinking that we'll win quickly, that we'll get the knockout.

I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to do.

Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo.

The more reps you get, the more you calm down and the less thinking you're doing. Then you just go out and play.

For me, being in front of the camera and training go hand in hand.

I was in better shape when I went into boot camp than when I came out.