Technique Quotes

A lot of printing techniques started to come together in the '90s. Now the technology is really grabbing hold. It has advanced that the quality is so much better than what we saw years ago. - Bill Benedict

A lot of it is technique stuff. Until we improve, anybody and everybody is going to come after us. - Casey Rabach

A good trainer will show you which exercises will help you most, and will provide instruction on how to do them. Proper technique is critical. If you're not using the weights correctly you may get hurt, or you may just be wasting your time. - Bobbi Dunn

A good martial artist does not become tense but ready. Not thinking yet not dreaming, ready for whatever may come. A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and face the consequences of his own doing. To have no technique, there is no opponent, because the word 'I' does not exist. When the opponent expands I contract and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, 'I' do not hit, 'It' hits all by itself. - Bruce Lee

[This dereliction of technique is not easy to explain. Steward suggests that it is actually the result of the aging process, a natural regression. At 24?] I never saw him being successful past 26... His style was strictly youth and instinct, based on driving through people. It never allowed for a long career. All youth and aggression, fighting with your head up front. The second you slow down, for whatever reason, you lose it. Because your face, which is 10 inches closer, isn't getting out of the way like when you were young and fast. You just can't get away with it anymore. - Emanuel Steward

[The standoff stems from an FBI e-mail revealed during recent litigation over detainee-abuse allegations in which the author writes:] In my weekly meetings with DOJ we often discussed [Defense Department] techniques and how they were not effective or producing intel that was reliable... all attended meetings with FBI. - Alice Fisher

[Nor, he tried to insist, would the series' epic quality.] If we don't win I won't enjoy it... As a Test cricketer - and I've played 120-odd [126] - the series you remember are the close ones. A two-day Test against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh is not that enjoyable. Going to India and being tested in their conditions, playing South Africa, playing England the way they are playing now - they are the series people remember. As players you want to be tested. You don't want easy games. At the moment everybody is being tested. A Test match is a test of your technique, your patience, a test of everything about you. - Shane Warne

[In addition, some money managers have come to believe that options have not lived up to their billing. The idea was that options would align top executives' interests with those of the shareholders. But they also give executives incentive to use questionable techniques to lift the stock -- often a short-term boost so they can cash out.] The trouble with options, ... is that they allow management to get rich even if shareholders do lousy. - Christopher Davis

[Bolton says the concert will also honor martial arts expert Norris who teaches self-defense techniques to at-risk youth in Texas through his program,] Kick Start. Tens of thousands of kids come through his organization... and he is a great hero for doing that kind of work. - Michael Bolton