“If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.” IfsRoomsPracticeAudiencePiecesFrontsProveTapeLiving Room Author:Dave Van Ronk
“While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people - even those who profess great environmental consciousness - continue to eat fish as if it were a sustainable practice.” PeopleIfsAttentionConsciousnessPracticeFrontsPagesBasesCrisisClimateEnvironmentalFishes Author:Daniel Pauly
“The Argentineans practice on the court for two hours a day, then they must practice in front of a mirror for two more hour saying 'I'm not guilty.'” TwoHoursPracticeFrontsMirrorsCourtGuiltyNot Guilty Author:Vince Spadea
“I loved magic, and so I would practice my magic tricks in front of a mirror for hours and hours and hours because I was told that you must practice, you must practice and never present a trick before it's ready.” HoursPracticeMagicFrontsReadyMirrorsTricksMagic Tricks Author:Steve Martin
“You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.” StillsPracticeAudienceFeetFrontsDancingWorthyBleedingKnack Author:Bronson Pinchot
“I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.” WayMayPlayRunningGamesPracticeWeekFansFrontsBallsWrong WayGame Time Author:Donald Driver
“I went to extreme measures to achieve my goals, from strapping heavy sandbags on my ankles, hopping on one leg, up and down four flights of stairs at 5 am to practice my turns in front of the candle light when others are asleep. I felt like that I had climbed many tall mountains and made so many impossible dreams come true through sheer determination, perseverance, passion, self conviction and belief.” MadeSelfDreamLightTurnsPassionBeliefFeltGoalPracticeFourImpossibleAchieveFrontsMountainDeterminationPerseveranceConvictionHeavyExtremesLegsFlightTallCandleSheerDreams Come TrueUp And DownStairsAnklesDetermination PerseveranceImpossible DreamHoppingCandle Lights Author:Li Cunxin
“I didn't understand how to get a practice space or buy gear - I never thought I could do any of that - let alone get in front of people and play the songs.” PeoplePlaySongSpacePracticeFrontsGears Author:Kevin Morby
“I would mimic what I saw in Grease and Guys and Dolls in front of my mom's mirror and I would practice voices and songs. When you put me alone in a room, that's what I would do.” GuySongVoiceRoomsPracticeSawsFrontsMomMirrorsMy MomDollsMe AloneGrease Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention.” KidsRoomsAttentionBreakPracticeWrittenCarFrontsBasketballTablesTrainDinnerSupposed To BeSoccerPay AttentionKitchenSeatsClassroomLocationClosetsAirportsKitchen TableBleachers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Earlier in life, I put family in front of faith. I've fixed that. But I always tried to keep work fourth on the list. I was proud when [my wife] Nellie told an interviewer, 'I never could tell whether John had a good practice or a bad practice, because he never brought it home'” HomePracticeWifeFrontsProudMy WifeListsFixedFourthInterviewers Author:John Wooden