I normally do my mindfulness exercises in the morning. It’s the first thing I do when I get up.
~ Kobe Bryant
I am a very organized person. I get up at 6:15 a.m., the kids get up at 6:45 a.m., and so I get up and get it in. I’m addicted to the high function. To me it’s a work thing—if you meditate, you can get so much work done. I always say to people you know how about three nights a year you get a good night sleep? You can have it every day with meditation.
~ Jerry Seinfeld
Quotes
Vicky Benzing on risk
In anything that has some level of risk I like to be well practiced.
~ Vicky Benzing, aerobatic and Reno air race pilot.
Quoted in Flying magazine, March 2015.
Harrison Ford on flying
I love training. I love taking on new challenges. Like short strips and crosswinds and tail-wheel airplanes. Confined spaces in helicopters. I like to challenge myself. Always make sure I don’t over challenge myself.
Great freedom, great responsibility. I think it’s the mix of the two of them that I really enjoy most of all. Freedom without the responsibility is just maybe not so engaging.
Up here I don’t think about much except flying. What my duties and responsibilities are. Everything else just kinda falls away. That’s very restful for me.
~ Harrison Ford, speaking while flying in the 2009 short film ‘Just Another Pilot’ by Steve Stafford (free on YouTube).
Ligety on the perpetual pursuit
“Even if you’re winning, you’re always trying to find something better.”
~ Ted Ligety, one of the greatest skiers of all time.
(Interview in The Red Bulletin, March 2015)
Boeing’s chief test pilot on risk management
We think of all the what ifs, we think of getting into the maneuvers, getting out of the maneuvers, we talk about each individual person’s role on that flight. We talk about risk … and we talk about ways that we take the risk and minimize it to the lowest level possible so that we go out and execute the test safely.