Misty Copeland Quotes

Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

To be number one, you must train like you are number two.

I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal.

Consistency is key in any sport and it's no different here.

Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.

Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

You wonder how they do it and you look to see the knack You watch the foot in action, or the shoulder or the back, But when you spot the answer where the higher glamours lurk You'll find in moving higher up the laurel covered spire That most of it is practice and the rest of it is work.

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

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

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

I practice a lot.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.