Drill Quotes

I could not bear the obvious mistakes made during the maneuver, and afterwards I criticized the pasha bitterly in the presence of all his officers, even though in doing so I exceeded my authority and my rank. The pasha looked hurt, but did not bear me malice…My behavior may have been contrary to discipline. But if a person trained in Germany does not work at the art of command, what can we expect of those who have not had this advantage? Perhaps when they see that they are criticized by their juniors, our commanders will learn to do better.

The confidence and the comfort level just comes with playing a lot and practicing. Obviously, the more you practice, the more you play, the more comfortable you get.

Teach and practice, practice and teach - that is all we have; that is all we are good for; that is all we ever ought to do.

Rehearsal? What’s that? Rehearsal’s for fags. Rehearsal. Not much.

You've got to do it in practice first.

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

All that is required for this enlightenment is freedom; and particularly the least harmful of all that may be called freedom, namely, the freedom for man to make public use of his reason in all matters. But I hear people clamor on all sides: Don't argue! The officer says: Don't argue, drill! The tax collector: Don't argue, pay! The pastor: Don't argue, believe! The public use of a man's reason must be free at all times, and this alone can bring enlightenment among men...

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

I personally developed the Academy training program. All our training is based on solid educational principles. We present the material in four training formats: lecture, demonstration, drill, and implementation.

Repeating is harder than anything else.

Repetitions - I think that's one of the best ways during the season to maintain something or get better at it, is just to do it over and over.

It is never easy to switch between formats, but it is all about practice and preparation.

Learn by practice.

When you learn a thing, try to use it sufficiently often not to forget it!

The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.

I'm not a big practice guy at all.

Not a game, not a game... practice.

I learned to appreciate repetition. That's why I can dance. It's how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.

I hang around military guys and like it.

The more you practice something, the easier it'll become.

There is nothing like practice.

A hard drill makes an easy battle.

I think, for different types of things, more rehearsal is very important.

It is good to preach the same thing again, for that's the way to have it learned