Quotes about practice

"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."

Bach, Johann Sebastian on practice   

"To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice."

Ballesteros, Seve on practice   

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

Berra, Yogi on practice
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"When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro."

Bird, Larry on 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."

Bird, Larry on practice   

"My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it."

Blair, Bonnie on practice   

"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."

Bradbury, Ray on practice   

"Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots."

Braden, Vic on practice   

"You can't hire someone to practice for you."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on practice   

"Practice only makes for improvement."

Brown, Les on practice   

"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."

Caulkins, Tracy on practice   

"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."

Confucius on practice
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"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."

Cunningham, Randall on practice   

"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops."

Gibson, Althea on practice   

"The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me."

Gretzky, Wayne on practice   

"Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game."

Halas, George on practice   

"For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice."

Hutson, Don on practice   

"The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion."

Killy, Jean Claude on practice
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"Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections."

Klemmer, Brian on practice   

"Practice without improvement is meaningless."

Knox, Chuck on practice   

"If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can."

Lendl, Ivan on practice   

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

Lindros, Eric on practice   

"Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect."

Lombardi, Vince on practice   

"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."

Marcinko, Richard on practice   

"The worlds a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."

O'Casey, Sean on practice
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"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."

Paderewski, Ignacy (Jan) on practice   

"Everything is practice."

Pele on practice
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"Practice is the best master."

Proverb, Latin on practice   

"My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more."

Rose, Pete on practice   

"How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice."

Rubinstein, Arthur on practice   

"An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging."

Segura, Pancho on practice   

"None of us really pushes hard enough."

Tarkenton, Fran on practice   

"The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue."

Unknown, Source on practice   

"The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy."

Voltaire on 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."

Waitz, Grete on practice   

"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."

Walker, Herschel on practice   

"You play the way you practice."

Warner, Pop on practice   

"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."

Yastrzemski, Carl on practice   

"Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised."

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson on practice   

"A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds."

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson on practice