Paul Parker Quotes

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

Correct" is a property of small systems.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

When I drive there is not much emotion in there. I'm just trying to get everything right and get every lap, every corner perfect.

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

Every time I play darts I try to keep my poker face on and stay focused until that last dart has gone in.

You can miss a kick on a good hold and you can still make kicks with bad holds but the more the operation is perfect, the percentages go up and up.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

You have to let the car do the job and try to trust it, try to understand what you are doing, try to be smooth, and try to be incredibly smart to set the car up, because that is the most important part.

I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.

My slider's been very, very good to me.

I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

Why is it that if you hit a shot to within a tenth of an inch of the hole, it's a great shot, but if it goes in, it's luck?

When I see some of the pitches which my father played on, I think that it must have been a different game.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

I rely on my ball striking more than anything.

I'm making throws where I don't have to second guess, putting the ball where it needs to be, and when I'm making each throw, there's no grabbing or pulling in there, and it feels comfortable and fluid.

Never rush through the stoke. Nervous or not, take your time, and the result is almost always better.

In ice dancing, you cannot decide your result. You just have to do your best, and you can't decide if you win or not.

I'm not going to go out there and throw the ball all around the park and throw it to the other team.

I feel like I can make every throw.