“You must play boldly to win.”
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
“Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.”
“I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.”
“You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.”
“What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.”
“I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.”
“It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness -- it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.”