Harvey Penick Quotes

All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they're doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps.

I don't want to rest on my laurels. I still feel like I'm learning a lot about the golf game and the swing. There are so many different little facets of golf that there is always something to learn.

Practice makes permanent.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.

Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

I started juggling a long time ago, but long before that, I was a golfer, and that's what I was: a golfer. And as a golfer and as a kid, one of the things that really sort of seeped into my pores, that I sort of lived my whole life, is process. And it's the process of learning things.

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

There's no shortcut to learning a craft; you just have to put the years in.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

There were a lot of players who gave me suggestions when I was young. At times, they were very good suggestions, and I took them seriously, applied them to my batting, and got success after that.

You try to get mental reps through the eyes of others, then it's your job to kind of get your reps through your eyes. So that's kind of what I do.

When one goes to school, you don't have any idea of what you're going to learn. But as each day passes, you learn things. I believe sport is the same way. Some guys are born with a talent. But you have to nurture that talent and continue to learn.

Skills acquisition is really at the heart of what it means to learn.

I started at Grand View and all the England stuff. I just wanted to learn and get better, and that's kind of what the experiences were.

We record Dream Theater shows and I'll sit on the bus and listen to my playing - what worked, what didn't. A lot of times it's embarrassing and humbling, but that's what you have to do to get better.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.

Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

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