Quotes About Fundamentals

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

Principles are underlying truths that don't change over time or space, while practices are the application of principles to a particular situation.

What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.

Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

Everything behind the walls is the most important, everything else is a bonus.

Shortcuts will only satisfy and give you success in the present moment. But the future is preserved for those who are fully prepared for it. The people who didn't skip the basics.

Skipping the basic methods will cost you more at the top than following the full process of doing things while you are still at the bottom of the ladder

The shift in national power may be overshadowed by an even more fundamental shift in the nature of power. Enabled by communications technologies, power will shift toward multifaceted and amorphous networks that will form to influence state and global actions. Those countries with some of the strongest fundamentals—GDP, population size, etc.—will not be able to punch their weight unless they also learn to operate in networks and coalitions in a multipolar world.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

Come back to basics comprises three points. The first point is more

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

You need to learn your letters before you can write. You need to learn the fingerings on the strings before you play and sing.

Parte do talento excepcional de Einstein residia em sua capacidade de refletir sobre os mais complexos problemas e fórmulas e perceber os princípios fundamentais sobre os quais estes se sustentam.

Unnecessary repetition, redundancies, and near redundancies also contribute to wordiness. For example: basic fundamentals (fundamentals); consensus of opinion (consensus); potential promise (potential); past history (history); personal friendship (friendship); total effect (effect); end result (result).

First master the fundamentals." —LARRY BIRD