When we find ourselves in a situation in which our buttons are being pushed, we can choose to repress or act out, or we can choose to practice. If we can start to do the...

Spectacular performances are preceded by spectacular preparation

It was getting to the point that I hated to see him come to practice.

Every now and then you’d turn around (at practice) and see him goofing off with the guys. You don’t see that anymore.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

J.D. very seldom has a bad practice,

I think he’s progressed each practice. He seems to grasp all the concepts he’s being taught. He understands his assignments, he understands the concepts. Now it’s just a matter of him working extremely hard on...

Do it again.Play it again. Sing it again. Read it again. Write it again. Sketch it again. Rehearse it again. Run it again. Try it again.Because again is practice, and practice is improvement, and improvement...

We’re excited. We had a good practice out there yesterday in the field and it will be good to be home so we can start to find out our routine. We’ve had some pretty good...

This meditation is called nontheistic, which doesn’t have anything to do with believing in God or not believing in God, but means that nobody but yourself can tell you what to accept and what to...

It felt really good after (Wednesday’s) practice. Then I tried to do more stuff Thursday when we were still in San Antonio and it went backwards a little bit. . . . It was my...

Actually we do not have any particular name for our practice; when we practice zazen we just practice it, and whether we find joy in our practice or not, we just do it.

In 27 years of practice, this is a first for me.

The more you practice the better you’ll be, the harder you train the great in you they’ll see.

I wouldn’t expect him to do much in the way of practice.

We’re going to approach him like he’s been playing all year. Watching batting practice, it doesn’t look like he’s had any problem getting ready.

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left...

You can only know how confident you are when you kick-start. True confidence is not found in excessive rehearsals; it comes from experience. Plan, prepare, but will willing to make it happen!

We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us—which in most cases is a very long time—but to look at it as just that, a vehicle,...

When you do the common things in an uncommon way, you’ll command the attention of the world.

He just had a fluke injury in practice, and we’re hoping he’ll be back soon. We’re hopeful he would be able to play fairly soon, but we don’t know.

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.

We came into practice (Tuesday) very encouraged about the win. We didn’t even talk about how we finished the game. We stayed positive.

Dharma practice means physical hardship; it means that you shouldn’t be pansies about it. You should exert yourselves wholeheartedly to engage in the practice, so that it will affect your body, speech, and mind.

Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on...

Here’s how I learned to improvise: I played some music in the studio and I started to move. It sounds obvious, but I wonder how many people, whatever their medium, appreciate the gift of improvisation....

However, in this technique, because your eyes are open and because the gaze in not a tight gaze and because the whole emphasis of the practice is one of openess, even though you’re mindful of...

He’s looked better in practice this week than at any point since training camp started.

Just continue in your calm, ordinary practice and your character will be built up.

We need to stick to our game plan, be mentally tough and execute what we do in practice.

I think it’s a good, fresh start. I think our season starts tomorrow in practice when we start getting ready for Martin. I think if we keep maturing now then we will be at our...

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

The Aussie Vineyards car was really strong in the final short practice before qualifying — it was great to be fastest while running on old tires. We put everything together to try to go for...

Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce...

The SANBTS has in fact followed this policy for years and it is based on international practice and on data in international medical publications that men who have sex with men showed increased risk of...

I practice karate moves when I think nobody is watching. It’s all part of being a real American badass, I guess. Chicks dig it. I mean they would, if they ever looked and caught me...

Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It...

She comes to practice everyday and works extremely hard. She understands her role and she’s accepted it very well over the years. She doesn’t play a lot of minutes, but she wants to make an...

Those guys are pretty good players. It was just a practice match, so there was no pressure.

It’s definitely been a long wait. I’ve been on the practice roster here all year and just working hard, waiting for my opportunity to come.

Bradley is one of the few basketball players who have ever been appreciatively cheered by a disinterested away-from-home crowd while warming up. This curious event occurred last March, just before Princeton eliminated the Virginia Military...

We’ll start grinding as soon as we leave here. (Today) we’ll go back in there (for practice) and Tuesday as well.

What is heard has to be pondered over. What is pondered over has to be put into practice. It is only when all three are accomplished that the realization of Bliss can be attained.

Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.

He is a great practice-room guy.

he explains. There was a lot of rubber on the track from the IRL practice and it began to sprinkle just as I went out. However, I knew we had a great Dodge and figured...

In zazen practice we say your mind should be concentrated on your breathing, but the way to keep your mind on your breathing is to forget all about yourself and just to sit and feel...

Neil’s coming along just fine. It won’t be long before he’s taking batting practice and catching.

When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.

We’ll stay with our normal routine. There won’t be much of a difference in our practice schedule. We’ve played in tournaments this season where we’ve played two games in three days and three games in...