Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

The musical training taught me to focus my mind, before playing in an orchestra taught me how to truly concentrate. If you miss your moment in an orchestra, there is no forgiving.

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

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.

I'm too professional, too much of a perfectionist to take my eye off the ball.

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'

Golf is the greatest sport of all to see if you can handle pressure.

When I'm shooting, that's all I do.

Pastry chefs are very particular people - we like a controlled environment; we don't like an audience.

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.

My preparation is about precision. It is a science.

Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.

The F-word here is focus.

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

When you're clicking, you're not making mental mistakes. You're going out there. You're lining up fast.

I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.

Just to keep my mind sharp. When you have like one job, you want to think about it enough to do well, but you can't over think it. It's not rocket science. It's just trying to kick the ball through the uprights.

I never casually shoot shots, ever. I shoot the same way every time. I shoot the same shots that I'd shoot during the game.

When I'm disciplined with my drop and my footwork, I usually throw it pretty good. And when I'm a little bit off, or a little careless in that manner and not dead on to where I'm supposed to be, I'm not as good. So that's one thing - just being disciplined in my drops and my footwork.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.

I am trying to be a lot more careful - and to not miss easy balls.

I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot.

Anytime I'm on the field, I need to make every kick that's in front of me.

It just feels good when I'm shooting.