Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

I also think that I had great mechanics.

In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.

In this league, there's a lot of times when you're going to have guys open, and it's going to be all good and the fact that you're off a tick might not matter. But when it really matters, you're going to need to be right on it. And I think the more reps you get, the more likely chance you have to feel comfortable in those times of high stress.

Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.

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

It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

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.

I think since I've focussed on my form more my shot has been better.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

I learned to bat and bowl on different pitches and knew when to go hard and when to back off. It was just something I learned.

Sometimes I play good shots, good rallies, and then there is hundreds of mistakes and not a good shot.

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.

So much success from set pieces comes from practice. Maybe fans see a well-worked free-kick and think it looks good, but to get that, there has been hours of work that nobody has seen on the training ground.

Sometimes spectacular things look really great, but when push comes to shove come fifth round, the basics, fundamentals and technical aspects are going to come into effect.

My form is improved and I'm just continuing to improve. I want to come back as a shooter. A knockdown shooter.

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.