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Performing Quotes

    “I read an article a few years ago that said when you practice a sport a lot, you literally become a broadband: the nerve pathway in your brain contains a lot more information.  As soon as you stop practicing, the pathway begins shrinking back down.  Reading that changed my life.  I used to wonder, Why am I doing these sets, getting on a stage?  Don’t I know how to do this already?  The answer is no.  You must keep doing it.  The broadband starts to narrow the moment you stop.” ~ Jerry Seinfeld

      “Be over prepared so that you won’t under perform.”

      Gary Mack, Mind Gym

        “Be quick but never hurry.” ~ John Wooden

          “Landing on your butt twenty thousand times is where great performance comes from.” ~ Geoff Colvin

            “Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure.  That is the essential paradox of expert performance.” ~ Matthew Syed

              “World-class performance comes by striving for a target just out of reach, but with a vivid awareness of how the gap might be breached.  Over time, through constant repetition and deep concentration, the gap will disappear, only for a new target to be created, just out of reach once again.” ~ Matthew Syed

                “Learn from the past.  Prepare for the future.  Perform in the present.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                  “When you are playing your game right on time, in the present, you perform at your best.  Why?  Because in the present, there is no pressure.  Pressure is created by anxieties about the future and remembered failures from the past.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                    “Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.” ~ Unknown