Motor Skill Quotes

My left hand is my thinking hand. The right is only a motor hand. This holds the hammer. The left hand, the thinking hand, must be relaxed, sensitive. The rhythms of thought pass through the fingers and grip of this hand into the stone.

I think with my right hand.

Dancing is like riding a bike.

I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

My chops have always been sort of weak, because the right side of my body was paralyzed a little bit. It was very limiting. I have to design stuff I can play, and it took me a year and a half to figure out how to hold a guitar pick.

I have good hand speed.

Throwing a ball is not natural, whether it's overhand or underhand.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

I would just like to learn to control my limbs.

When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the first baseman's glove and react.

I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps.

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

I can't draw a straight line to save my life. I just can't draw.

If you sit at your desk and reach and grab a cup of coffee, you don't look directly at the cup, focus on it, and get your fingers lined up before grabbing the coffee. In real life, you reach for a cup that you see out of the corner of your eye, and when you feel it, you know you can grab it.

I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then, when I was diagnosed with Parkinson's, I was finally given the reason. I now understand that no one can sing with Parkinson's disease. No matter how hard you try. And in my case, I can't sing a note.

I always wanted to be ambidextrous, ever since I was a little girl. I wanted to be able to use both hands, and I still use my left hand a lot.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

I can't really grip the ball with my left hand.

It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.

Ruskin's concern for art education applied to the development of the power of the hand and eye for everyone.

If you measure someone's brain and see very little activity during a task, it does not necessarily indicate that they're not trying - it more likely signifies that they have worked hard in the past to burn the programs into the circuitry. Consciousness is called in during the first phase of learning and is excluded from the game playing after it is deep in the system.

I'm left-footed.