Motivational Quotes

Practice

Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.

- Klemmer, Brian

Best Quotes about Practice

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

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Lindros, Eric

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

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

Berra, Yogi

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

Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.

Klemmer, Brian

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

Walker, Herschel

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

10.

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

Segura, Pancho

11.

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

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

14.

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)

15.

Practice only makes for improvement.

Brown, Les

16.

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

Lendl, Ivan

17.

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

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

18.

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

Braden, Vic

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

You play the way you practice.

Warner, Pop

23.

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

Halas, George

24.

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

Killy, Jean Claude

25.

My secret is practice

Beckham, David

26.

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

Ballesteros, Seve

27.

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

Gretzky, Wayne

28.

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

O'Casey, Sean

29.

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

Rose, Pete

30.

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

Knox, Chuck

31.

None of us really pushes hard enough.

Tarkenton, Fran

32.

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

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

33.

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

34.

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

Hutson, Don

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

Practice is the best master.

Proverb, Latin