Benjamin Hoff Quotes

That's what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I'm lackadaisical out there, like I'm not really paying attention. If I'm always tense, I'm going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.

The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much.

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

You look confused," said Adrian. I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking things." He nodded solemnly. "That's why I try to never do it.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.

Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

When you're out there thinking too much, that's when you can throw the ball away a lot of times. Just play. When I don't think, I have fun.

I'm trying to relax, but it's hard.

I don't like it hectic; I like to keep it calm and do my thing - play the pass. I think you see the pass if you are in a good state of mind.

I give everything far too much thought. If you think you know what you're doing, then you can kind of relax, and then you can improvise and play and just enjoy the day rather than be chasing the lines.

Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

don't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work.

That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you think so much that you're never happy.