Balance and Control Quotes

When you're skiing, if you're not falling you're not trying.

She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.

When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.

I assure you that there's a lot involved in compositions with figures. ... It's like weaving... you must control and keep an eye on several things at once.

Snowboarding is like driving a car. When things are all right, you're on it. But when things go wrong, it goes really, really bad really fast.

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of.

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that wind-in-my-face feeling while speed skating.

IN THE ART OF PEACE we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally.. Let attackers come any way they like, and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.

Juggling is a conversation with the stick, the body, the brain.

There's a style in modern dance right now called Release Technique. It's based on a feeling of falling and catching yourself, and I thought it was such a good metaphor for the way life feels.

I have to say I'm very good on a bike. Maybe the last time I was 5 years old.