Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.
Nobody's a natural. You work to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.
The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.
Coming into my second year, my main thing is to show growth - show that I can be consistent and play at a high level all the time.
Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.
I'm still learning my craft.
Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
There's always things to get better at, and there's always stuff to learn when you come into training.
You can improve in every stage of your career, and even in training, after training, analysing your game, you can do a lot of stuff to make steps, and that's also a major point of becoming a top player.
I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.
Once you start to become OK at something, you learn to enjoy it more.
I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.
I never think that I'm the best flicker, but I practice to learn new things every day.
Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a new situation.
Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.
You can't hire someone to practice for you.
I just wanted to play tennis. I started because I wanted to pick up another sport and then as I was slowly getting better I wanted to see how far I can go but I always wanted to be myself. I wanted to be original. I didn't want to copy anybody's style.
It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.
The biggest thing I take away from practice and every meeting in the NFL is it's a process. If you miss a question in a meeting, that's fine. We'll correct it, but don't do it again. If you miss a throw or an adjustment, it's fine.
I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.
Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.
