Daniel Tammet Quotes

I have an infamously low capacity for visualizing relationships, which made the study of geometry and all subjects derived from it impossible for me.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.

I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

To solve the Cube, you need special skills and understanding. For example, pattern recognition is very important to solve the Cube.

It is all about concentration, and the more games you play, the more you concentrate.

My dad thinks I have a photographic memory.

I'm mentally agile.

I have a photographic memory that enables me to visualize what everyone in the huddle is supposed to do on each of the hundreds of plays in our playbook.

The mind is a very strong thing.

I think the mental aspect of the game is huge.

I showed that I can keep my mind focused.

I grew up with plenty of smart people. They would beat me at chess; they could solve brain teasers before I could, but then they would struggle in algebra. These were incredibly smart people who simply did not have the foundation in math that I had.

One of my random skills is I have a very strong memory for dialogue and moments, and I don't know why.

I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

It's amazing what your brain can do when all your senses are heightened.

I've always been good at handling stuff mentally.

I just have pretty good recall of information.

When I'm problem-solving with something, I have, effectively, a CAD program in my head that's like a room that has specific qualities to it that I go to some deal of effort to populate. Textures and smells, something like that.

I don't know how you work on concentration. You are either born with it or you're not. And I was definitely not born with it.

Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly - that's been a big thing for him.

There are a lot of songs that, you know, just get me excited because they create a certain, I guess, set of colors in my head.