Cobi Jones Quotes

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

I think since I've focussed on my form more my shot has been better.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

There's something in human performance that is very smooth and very fluid, and at the same time it can be very precise, and that can take a lot of time, trial and error.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

Perfection is the child of time.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.

You have to always work on your batting as you are never perfect. I am working on my batting every day and trying to perfect a few shots that will help me score all around the world.

I think the more you practise batting, follow the drills, the better you get.

You come out every single day, and you want to be perfect. When I mean 'perfect,' not mean a 'perfect player,' but you want to try to go through practice without drops.

I like to spend time on freekicks after training.

How you practice in nets matters a lot.

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

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

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

I believe in focusing on details.

I have an obsession with details and pattern.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

God is in the details.

I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?

I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.