I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.
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It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you
have to take care of them! There is great freedom read more
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you
have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living.
It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.
With a written agreement you have a prayer; with a
verbal agreement you have nothing but air.
With a written agreement you have a prayer; with a
verbal agreement you have nothing but air.
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those read more
To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize
failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions
serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish
masterfully.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition
and emotion will one day become a reality.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition
and emotion will one day become a reality.
For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, read more
For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
