“What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.” WorldYearsCareSportsSuccessfulTrainingPerseveranceTake CareTechniqueChampionBeing SuccessfulWorld ChampionsDedication And PerseveranceProper Training Author:Mark Spitz
“In this sport, in this life, I think heart takes you a lot further than skill and technique... Just digging down deep will take you a lot further in life.” ThinkingHeartSportsSkillsTechniqueThis LifeMmaDigging Author:Clay Guida
“Sport carries on without deviation the mechanical tradition of furnishing relief and distraction to the worker after he has finished his work proper so that he is at no time independent of one technique or another. In sport the citizen of the technical society finds the same spirit, criteria, morality, actions and objectives in short, all the technical laws and customs which he encounters in office or factory.” ActionLawSpiritSportsCitizensMoralityOfficeTraditionIndependentWorkersFinishedTechniqueObjectivesEncountersReliefCarrieCustomsDistractionFactoriesCriteriaDeviation Author:Jacques Ellul
“Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that.” PeopleDifferentAbleFacesSportsMountainBiggerBlindTechniqueIceDevelopingClimbingGreat SportsSnowyBlind PeopleSnowy Mountains Author:Erik Weihenmayer
“Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique without much artistry can still dazzle us in the manner of the circus or sports arena translated to a higher plane. Though the perfect blend of the two elements is the consummation devoutly to be wished, the real enemy of good ballet is not the slight preponderance of one or the other but the prevalence of pantomime--the turning of dance into second-rate theater.” StillsTwoRealStrongSportsPerfectEnemyHigherElementsTheaterRateTechniquePlanesBalletArenaCircusArtistryDazzleSecond RatePantomime Author:John Simon