Derrick Lewis Quotes

I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch.

The trick is to be there when it's settled.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Good is the delay which makes sure.

Only great players can have two shots for one ball, like Tendulkar does, and a big reason is that he picks the ball very early.

As long as you are set and in the right position, you give yourself the best opportunity. It's all about the crucial timing of a save, but it's also being in the right position at the right time.

The No. 1 rule you're taught as a receiver: You've just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we'll take it.

Any time you get a title shot, you always try to wait for it the best you can.

It's not good fishing before the net.

The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter. I'll be stronger. I'll be ready.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

There are some people, who don’t wait.

Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them.

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

I'll get mine in a few years, when I get up there and when the time comes.

The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.