Fundamentals Quotes

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

Gentlemen, this is the football.

Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting

Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.

When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.

For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, "I've got a new fundamental." That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.