Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.
Interpretation
Taking action is more valuable than inaction, as even mistakes lead to improvement.
This quote emphasizes the importance of action over inaction. Twyla Tharp points out that engaging in an activity, even if done poorly, provides valuable lessons that can lead to mastery and improvement in the future. It encourages a proactive approach to life, suggesting that the experience gained from doing is essential for personal growth and development.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing your dreams.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.
There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor, the conquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.
It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?
I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.
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