Quotes about Practice

Focusing on the breath does not mean you should think about your breathing!

Steve introduced me to the process of putting God's Word into practice, of acting on His promises and commands. I would read something in the Bible and consciously say, "This is God's will." Intellectually, I understood the meaning of it. Emotionally, I had to put this new truth to the test, to prove it by my own will. "Yes, this is God's will," adding, "for me.

I used to have to go to the board and hit three 180s before I'd allow myself to go to bed. Sometimes, I'd do it in five minutes but, on a bad night, it could take an hour.

Sometimes, I put a couple of mannequins on the edge of the box and do these things called bounce balls. You pass against it, and it comes back; you take a couple of touches 'round the mannequins and shoot.

Christianity is not some ideal toward which we ought always to strive even though the ideal is out of reach. Christianity is not a series of slogans that sum up our beliefs.

You can't have a belief system on Sunday and not live it the other six days.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.

Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...

The skill to do comes of doing.

knowing does not guarantee doing. Doing engages the will and a preset commitment.

The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.

Wow! you might actually have to act like a Christian sometimes!