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"too many verbal instructions, given either from outside or inside, interfere with one’s shotmaking ability. "

"If you asked a group of teaching professionals to write down all the important elements of hitting a forehand, most would find it easy to distinguish at least fifty. On the other hand, understanding the swing, and remembering its feel, is like remembering a single picture"

"A child doesn’t have to break the habit of crawling, because he doesn’t think he has a habit. He simply leaves it as he finds walking an easier way to get around. "

"At first this puzzled me. Why would one go back to letting Self 1 control the show if the results were so clearly less effective?"

"When you try hard to hit the ball correctly, and it goes well, you get a certain kind of ego satisfaction. You feel that you are in control, that you are master of the situation. But when you simply allow the serve to serve itself, it doesn’t seem as if you deserve the credit."

"In spite of the fact that I deliver my most effective performance when I permit the spontaneous Self 2 to be in control, there is still a recurring impulse to think about how I did it, make a formula out of it and bring it into Self 1’s domain where it can feel in control."

"The moment I tried to apply some “secret,” Self 1 was back in the picture again, this time under the subtle guise of “trying to let go."

"Consciousness could be called the light of lights because it is by its light that all other lights become visible"