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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

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Browse Quotations about Practice

A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.
An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging.
Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.
Everything is practice.
For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about.
For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.
How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody -- somewhere -- was practicing more than me.
I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if you're enjoying what you're doing. I love to swim and I love to train.
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true -- hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
I never stay away from workouts. I work hard. I've tried to take care of my body. I'll never look back and say that I could have done more. I've paid the price in practice, but I know I get the most out of my ability.
If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
In previous years I was so fired up at times I made little mistakes. So I kept telling myself to be patient, relax, play like you do in practice. What I've been doing in practice will carry over into the game.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots.
Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.
None of us really pushes hard enough.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Practice is the best master.
Practice only makes for improvement.
Practice without improvement is meaningless.
Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.
Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
The worlds a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
We all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often -- much, much more often -- it will save your life.
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
You can't hire someone to practice for you.
You play the way you practice.

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