Shunryu Suzuki Quotes

I focus on my opponents the same way whether they are a champion or not.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

I don't get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

We cannot operate with one foreign policy objective in one area, and with a conflicting one next door.

There is no good reason why police, or gaols, or the administration of justice, should be differently managed in one part of the kingdom and in another.

Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow.

This is no job for impulsive, timid or inattentive souls.

My preparation is about precision. It is a science.

I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.

Everybody's got a puncher's chance in this game. I mean every single person on Earth. But my whole focus, my whole style, my whole dynamic is built around taking that power away from you. So where is the logic in why you're different from anybody else? There is no logic in it.

As a fighter, that's not something that ever factors in, whether you go first or last or you walk out first or you walk out second. It's not something that ever factors in or you feel slighted about. I don't think that anybody would care. The job is the same.

I like to think of myself as detail-oriented.

It's better to do something really really well and thorough, than I think to have a surface level version of a lot of different things.

Rules are for everyone.

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

I don't think it's right that there's one set of rules for one individual and another set of rules and laws for another individual. That's not the way the world should work.

In MLS, there's always something strange happening. But it's the same for everyone.

There's got to be the same rules for everyone.

My mother and father didn't treat my brothers and sisters the same, so to treat 12 players exactly the same, that's a great accomplishment.

I feel I can concentrate a bit more on playing darts now people are just seeing an equal playing field.

Guys pay extra attention to detail. They are looking at every little thing on the scouting report.

I tend to over-prepare my shot lists.