Chris Weidman Quotes

The way I look at tricks is if I really have my mind set on one, I'm going to learn it until I can do it 10 or 20 times in a row. I want to perfect it.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

I can focus on what seems to be the most boring things for days at a time.

You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

What I would do after training is stay half an hour and kick the ball against a wall with my weaker foot over and over again to make sure it gets stronger. And young players should remember that everything comes from the base of hard work, so never give up.

I used to spend hours on the laptop watching free kicks on YouTube - again and again. You obviously learn a thing or two.

I try to take as many reps as I can, whether it's on a video game, playing EA 'Madden Football' or in the playbook, just drawing it or just visualizing it in my head.

If I'm connected to an idea, it just doesn't let me go. All I have to do is catch up to the image in my head by doing the practical steps to get there.

I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson on never being satisfied with what you've accomplished. The lecturer talked about how the game of basketball was about learning to control the ball through dribbling and passing and shooting.

I must continue to work hard in training. I need to think more like a goal scorer; sometimes I get so immersed in the game because I love general play so much.

It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'

Always be focused and never let it go - that's something I've learned so much. I learned that from Simeone.

When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone.

Throughout my life, ever since I played for Clausenengen back home, instead of listening to the teacher at school, I was writing down all the chances I missed in a book thinking 'I should have done this.' Scoring goals was all I thought about.

You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life.

What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.