You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
You must play boldly to win.
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.
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
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.