Keith Jarrett Quotes

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.

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.

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.

Consistency is key in any sport and it's no different here.

I only know one thing. I have been bred through the Heat organization to do it one way. And every day, you prepare.

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

I train and I go home, and when I'm home, I think about training. That's my life every day, and that's it.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

I'm just not a great practice player.

I practice a lot.

I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into the league ready and prepared.

Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.

At training camp, you brainwash yourself into thinking every, day is the same, no weekends or holidays. It's all the same - a work day. You develop a mental state to just work hard and get ready for the fight.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

I'm just trying to work on my game and get better. That's all I can do. Keep working hard, keep trying.