DeAndre Hopkins Quotes

I don't have the attention span to practice sleight of hand.

Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.

I think I have good hands, so I try to use them to my advantage.

When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.

I can't draw. I'm good on the yo-yo, but I don't draw.

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.

A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

I also think that I had great mechanics.

I always had a good dexterity. The story in my family goes that at the age of 3 I could thread needles faster than anybody.

Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me.

One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.

Confidence is king in golf.

I'm a really good juggler.

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but I had a bad habit of dropping things.

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.

When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints, the pulse in your fingers.

Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout.

I am really not a speedcuber. My best time when I was practicing was about a minute. Usually people say if you can create a piano, you must be a good piano player, but it is not true. They are different type of human activities and need different capabilities.

I used to be an open-spear fisherman, and if you're looking for fish, you're never going to see them. In an almost meditative state, you have to pick out anomalies, something out of the ordinary.

I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.