Learning Quotes

"Learning techniques is the key."

- Tom Colicchio

"People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong."

- Bill Vaughan

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."

- Abigail Adams

"Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will."

- Vernon Howard

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

- Epictetus

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

- Pablo Picasso

"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."

- Michel Legrand

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

- Confucius

"Education is a continual process, it’s like a bicycle… If you don’t pedal you don’t go forward."

- George Weah

"Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster."

- Weston H. Agor

"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."

- Winston Churchill

"Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown."

- Claude Bernard

"You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking."

- Lyndon B. Johnson

"Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners."

- John Holt

"What did you learn? is always first and best question."

- Oprah Winfrey

"With every mistake, we must surely be learning."

- George Harrison

"The learning process continues until the day you die."

- Kirk Douglas

"Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way. Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try."

- Kurt Angle

"At first repetition is what counts. I teach my students to repeat the moves to exhaustion, until it enters their subconscious and they, therefore, can apply them automatically, without thinking. Later on, once the combat situations have become complex I try and stimulate them to be creative."

- Master Carlos Gracie Jr.

"Little guys are the best to learn technique from, because they can’t rely on strength."

- Joe Rogan

"I believe in diving deep into a small pool of information. For instance when you learn a new move in jiu-jitsu."

- Josh Waitzkin

"If you want to be a really good grappler, you have to learn with the gi."

- Renzo Gracie

"Keep in mind that reading books and watching videos about jiu jitsu is not doing jiu jitsu."

- Nic Gregoriades

"I drill techniques – my main techniques, my “A” move, my “A Game” sweep, the guard pass and sub I hit the most, over and over again. I’ve drilled them so many times, my body just reacts now. I can go out and let instinct take over. Most of our training is drilling, based on our individual games and what we do best. Before a big tournament, I stick to the stuff I’ve been doing, and just drill it to death….If you’re thinking about what to do next, your competitor is already moving to his next move. It’s best to just react and let your body take over."

- Keenan Cornelius

"I believe in diving deep into a small pool of information. For instance when you learn a new move in jiu-jitsu. Learn something on one side of the body, learn it very deeply, then learn it on the other side when you’ve developed that deep feel."

- Josh Waitzkin

"I want to learn how to become the best basketball player in the world. And if I'm going to learn that, I gotta learn from the best."

- Kobe Bryant

"The person seeking to learn wins what the person seeking to impress loses."

- Angela Jiang

"Be a student of the world, not a judge."

- @dailyzen

"Everyone learns by imitation. Don’t be afraid to copy the shit out of your idols when you are just getting started. Over time, you can add your own style and flavor."

- Preethi Kasireddy

"In baseball, and in life, practice makes perfect."