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There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
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To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody -- somewhere -- was practicing more than me.
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My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.
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I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true -- hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
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Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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Practice only makes for improvement.
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I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if you're enjoying what you're doing. I love to swim and I love to train.
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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In previous years I was so fired up at times I made little mistakes. So I kept telling myself to be patient, relax, play like you do in practice. What I've been doing in practice will carry over into the game.
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Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.
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For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.
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The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
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Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.
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Practice without improvement is meaningless.
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If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.
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It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
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Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
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We all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often -- much, much more often -- it will save your life.
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The worlds a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
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If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
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Everything is practice.
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Practice is the best master.
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My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
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How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.
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An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging.
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None of us really pushes hard enough.
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The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
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The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about.
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If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
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You play the way you practice.
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I never stay away from workouts. I work hard. I've tried to take care of my body. I'll never look back and say that I could have done more. I've paid the price in practice, but I know I get the most out of my ability.
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Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
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A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.
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