Quotes About Improvement

We must not allow last year's mistakes to cloud our judgment today.

People say I don't have a jump shot, so that's what I've been working on.

You try to figure out the best way to throw the shot put, or the perfect way to long jump, and you don't ever get it. You just chip away, chip away, chip away as time goes on.

With my jump shot, once I get that consistent, I feel like that is going to be a huge advantage for me.

I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

My junior year, when I completed 57 percent of my balls, I was very very frustrated in myself.

From my freshman year to my junior year, I've increased my receptions every year.

The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.

Back in the day, before I really started to work on defense, I would just take ground balls, whatever, a couple, and then I'd say, 'OK, now I'm going to go hit.' Now I spend just as much time on ground balls as I do on hitting.

It's a challenge each and every day to just be the best that you can be at your craft.

There were guys in 'The State' who would take one script and rewrite it and rewrite it and rewrite it and fight for it for a whole season, and after a couple of seasons, you realized that doesn't work. You have to just be willing to throw something away, no matter how good it is, and write a better joke.

After sessions, I keep working and practising with the left foot. Hopefully one day, it'll just be fluent.

If you believe in what you're doing, you should just do it. You'll keep getting better.

When I have a bad game, I watch the film and just kind of remember everything.

I understand what training camp is for. It's needed. It's necessary, so it's just one of those things that you have to put yourself through and it makes you better. It gets you in good shape, so it's necessary.

I think when you train in just one sport separately, you learn more.

It's just something I pride myself on as a basketball player, having that knowledge, being the guy who can go to any situation and make the situation better for that team.

We've begun to get justice.

With Kansas, I had a four-year deal. The initial two months were real tough. I had to adjust a lot. Then, things started looking up.

There was a time when a lot of people, including coaches, were keen that I change my bottom-handed grip.

You learn from any criticism. You learn from any self-criticism. And you learn from when you do things the right way: you try to keep going.

I want to continue to grow, and as long as I keep going out there doing what I'm doing and don't fall off from what I've learned already as they keep adding things on, I'll be fine.

I just want to keep going as long as I can. I'm getting older, and I want to keep growing, and I feel pretty excited about what I do. Whether it's true or not, I believe I'm doing better as a writer, which is really nice.