Joshua Foer Quotes

I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

To become proficient in any field you must practise. There is simply no achievement without practice and the more practice, provided it is done intelligently, the greater will the proficiency be and the sooner will it be attained.

So I did in fact spend two and a half years in the Middlesbrough car park practising skills. But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practising, you get better.

I learned early on how to make best use of my time. You know, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to practice time. And unfortunately, I still need to practice a lot.

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

The more you practice, the better. But in any case, practice more than you play.

A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.

Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

To be strategic in life is like any skill whether it's basketball or learning a language, it takes effort and practice and I think most people don't think that it's something that they could just do, you know, naturally.

I don’t waste time. I move. I finish things. I don’t try and do things to the nth degree. I know what’s important and what’s not. I’ve really learned that. That’s a judgement I’ve learned, what really matters.

The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

It's not important to be defined, it's only important to use your time well.

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures.

To become an expert achiever in any human activity, it takes practice... practice... practice.

I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.

I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice.

If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.

Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.

Spontaneity comes after skill, not before.

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.