Andrew Cohen Quotes

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

When I am performing ice immersion, actually I do not think very much. It is all before.

Meditation is helping me learn to sit still. Twenty minutes of meditation in the morning is a nice way to start my day. If you can actually sit still and really get to that place of silence, you realize what's important and what's not important. Little things don't usually get to me anymore.

Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.

You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.

The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games.

Whether you call it meditation, self-reflection or just shutting everything out, I am quite good at that.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

My dad is the person who taught me how important the mental side of the game is. He studied kung fu growing up and he taught me how to meditate when I was a kid.

I firmly believe that if we all just took a little time - like 10 or 15 minutes a day - to do nothing but sit calmly with our thoughts, this world would be a much better place.

Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly.

I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing.

Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.

Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

You go in the weight room and you lift weights and you do all these things to strengthen your body. This is strengthening your mind. When you can stay focused and you can use that focus to always come back with your breath to center yourself, so that you're kind of floating in the moment, in the spirit.