Ron Atkinson Quotes

You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.

I'm a slow guy.

You have to have your wits about you and think quickly on your feet.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.

I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.

Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.

I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind.

My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.

I'm pretty much a couch potato.

Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.

I like a slower pace of life.

In a sprint you make 100 decisions a second. What if X goes now and Y goes then? Should I take this gap or that one? You have to be sharp. Over time it becomes instinct.

I am confident. My style of play is to control a game. You have to be smart in your brain and fast.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as an individual, knowing where defenders are, having a better awareness. Those are things I can work on.

With F1, it's really a combination of many things. You have to have good endurance, good strength in certain muscles, you need to be fast, have good reactions and good decisions. It's not as simple as one thing. You need to be a complete athlete.

We have a large amount of data that shows playing fast-paced games improves hand-eye co-ordination, the ability to focus on the task at hand, and your ability to make decisions, as gaming improves your brain's allocation of resources.

In my mind, the speed of the game is mental.

I see the game too slow from second base. That's why I like to play more short.

I use my mind. I set up blocks. I wait for things to open. I time up things. I use a lot of skill catching the ball.

I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.

Decisions need to be made in milliseconds out on the field, and you need to almost know what the other guy is thinking and exactly what he's going to do.