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by cm42 1326 days ago
Constant training, even/especially in bad weather, and constantly preparing for specific tasks like this.

"Amateurs practice till they get it right; professionals practice till they can't get it wrong."

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Is that your quote or did you get it from somewhere? It’s really good.
It's not mine, and I'm not certain of the origin, but I think I saw the words "musicians" and "theater" in the Google preview when I checked the wording.

I've only seen it a handful of times in the wild - notably, a flight school wall - and every so often to close out blog entries on High-Speed, Low-Drag™ topics in (i.e.) aviation, search and rescue, emergency medicine, etc.

There's a few clever "practice" ones too that I can't seem to recall, other than: "Oops, guess that's why they call it practicing medicine!"

Can I steal this quote.
It's free!