Practice Quotes

“Somewhere he is out there training and I’m not. And when we meet, he will win.” ~ Tim Tebow

“You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you’re down to your reflexes – your training. That’s where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of morning, you’re getting found out now, under the bright lights.” ~ Joe Frazier

“Concentration is born on the practice court… you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.” ~ Martina Navratilova

“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

“The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress. Every second of every minute of every hour, the goal is to extend one’s mind and body, to push oneself beyond the outer limits of one’s capacities, to engage so deeply in the task that one leaves the training session, literally, a changed person.” ~ Matthew Syed

“When most people practice, they focus on the things they can do effortlessly. Expert practice is different. It entails considerable, specific, and sustained efforts to do something you can’t do well – or even at all. Research across domains shows that it is only by working at what you can’t do that you turn into the expert you want to become.” ~ Ericsson

“Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.” ~ Matthew Syed

“I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.” ~ David Beckham

“Early practice is vital so that performances became totally ingrained and flow from the subconscious.” ~ Earl Woods

“Nobody – but nobody – has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then hitting a lot of shots. It isn’t so much a lack of talent; it’s a lack of being able to repeat good shots consistently that frustrates most players. And the only answer to that is practice.” ~ Jack Nicklaus

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” ~ Muhammad Ali

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” ~ Bruce Lee

“You can only fight the way you practice.” ~ Miyomoto Musashi

“You have to keep training if you want to improve. It’s a fair game. If you practice, you improve. You can’t buy it.” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen

“If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.” ~ Dick Vermeil

“What’s tough is to go out and work hard on the things that you don’t do very well.” ~ Pete Rose

“To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.” ~ Steve Ballesteros

Practice Quotes

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