Quote of the day by Paul Walker: “If you play with people who are better than you, then…”

Quote
of
the
day
by
Paul
Walke
(AP
photo)

G owth
a ely
happe s
i
the
situatio s
whe e
eve ythi g
al eady
feels
easy
a d
familia .

Paul
Walke ,
the
acto
best
k ow
fo
his
ole
as
B ia
O’Co e
i
the
Fast
a d
Fu ious
films,
put
that
idea
plai ly
whe
he
said,
“If
you
play
with
people
who
a e
bette
tha
you,
the
you
get
bette .”
He
was
speaki g
specifically
about
his
app oach
to
acti g
at
the
time,
explai i g
that
he
actively
sought
out
g eat
di ecto s
a d
bette
pe fo me s
p ecisely
because
wo ki g
alo gside
them
fo ced
him
to
aise
his
ow
game.
He
compa ed
it
di ectly
to
spo t,
sayi g
it
did
ot
matte
whethe
it
was
su fi g,
basketball
o
acti g,
the
same
basic
p i ciple
applied
eve ywhe e
he
looked.
Su ou di g
you self
with
people
who
a e
simply
bette
tha
you
te ds
to
be
o e
of
the
fastest
a d
most
eliable
ways
to
imp ove,
p ovided
you
a e
willi g
to
t eat
that
gap
ho estly
athe
tha
feeli g
th eate ed
by
it.

Quote
of
the
day
by
Paul
Walke

“If
you
play
with
people
who
a e
bette
tha
you,
the
you
get
bette “

What
Paul
Walke
actually
mea t
by
this
quote

I
the
fulle
ve sio
of
this
quote,
Walke
explai ed
his
easo i g
i
mo e
detail.
“I
eed
to
wo k
with
g eat
di ecto s
a d
acto s,
people
who
a e
bette
tha
me,
so
that
I
am
challe ged,”
he
said.
“It
is
like
playi g
spo ts,
su fi g,
basketball,
it
does ‘t
matte
what
it
is,
if
you
play
with
people
who
a e
bette
tha
you,
the
you
get
bette
too.
It
is
the
same
thi g
with
acti g.”
This
tells
us
somethi g
ge ui ely
useful
about
how
he
app oached
his
ow
ca ee .

Rathe
tha
seeki g
out
comfo table
oles
o
easy
collabo ato s
whe e
he
would
always
look
imp essive
by
compa iso ,
he
delibe ately
chose
to
wo k
with
people
whose
skill
exceeded
his
ow ,
because
he
u de stood
that
this
discomfo t
was
actually
whe e
eal
imp oveme t
te ds
to
come
f om.

Why
su ou di g
you self
with
bette
people
actually
helps
you
g ow

Whe
eve yo e
a ou d
you
sha es
oughly
the
same
level
of
ability,
the e
a e
simply
fewe
cha ces
to
see
a
ge ui ely
diffe e t
way
of
doi g
thi gs.
Wo ki g
alo gside
someo e
co side ably
mo e
adva ced
cha ges
that
completely.
You
sta t
otici g
how
they
solve
a
p oblem
diffe e tly,
how
they
commu icate
u de
p essu e,
how
they
ecove
whe
somethi g
goes
w o g
that
would
have
th ow
you
off
e ti ely.
Ove
time,
these
small
obse vatio s
quietly
eshape
how
you
app oach
you
ow
wo k,
ofte
without
you
eve
fully
ealisi g
it
is
happe i g.
Imp oveme t,
i
this
se se,
is
ot
always
about
wo ki g
ha de
i
isolatio .
Sometimes
it
simply
comes
f om
you
ow
idea
of
what
is
actually
possible
becomi g
co side ably
b oade
tha
it
was
befo e,
pu ely
because
you
have
bee
close
e ough
to
watch
someo e
else
do
it.

Bei g
the
least
expe ie ced
pe so
i
the
oom
ca
be
ge ui ely
valuable

Ple ty
of
people
avoid
situatio s
whe e
they
feel
i expe ie ced
o
out
of
thei
depth,
mostly
because
obody
e joys
looki g
i adequate
i
f o t
of
othe s.
Yet
bei g
su ou ded
by
people
mo e
capable
tha
you
is
ofte
o e
of
the
fastest
ways
to
actually
discove
what
you
eed
to
wo k
o .
You
might
make
mo e
mistakes
at
fi st,
ask
mo e
questio s
tha
you
a e
used
to,
a d
ge ui ely
st uggle
to
keep
pace
with
eve yo e
else
i
the
oom.
All
of
that
discomfo t
ca
become
useful
the
mome t
you
decide
to
t eat
it
as
pa t
of
the
actual
lea i g
p ocess
athe
tha
as
evide ce
you
do
ot
belo g
the e.
I stead
of
aski g
why
you
a e
ot
as
good
as
the
people
a ou d
you,
a
fa
mo e
useful
questio
te ds
to
be
what
exactly
you
ca
lea
f om
watchi g
what
they
do.

Why
compa iso ,
used
ca efully,
ca
actually
help
athe
tha
ha m

Co sta t
compa iso
has
a
well-ea ed
eputatio
fo
damagi g
co fide ce,
a d
it
ce tai ly
ca
whe
it
becomes
a
sou ce
of
pu e
self-c iticism.
Used
diffe e tly,
though,
compa iso
ca
ge ui ely
p ovide
eal
di ectio .
Watchi g
someo e
co side ably
mo e
adva ced
tha
you
gives
you
a
specific,
co c ete
ta get
to
actually
wo k
towa ds,
athe
tha
a
vague
a d
slightly
abst act
se se
that
you
should
simply
t y
ha de .
The
healthie
ve sio
of
the
questio
shifts
away
f om
whethe
you
a e
bette
tha
the
pe so
ext
to
you,
a d
moves
i stead
towa ds
whethe
you
a e
becomi g
bette
tha
you
we e
p eviously.
That
seco d
questio
is
o e
you
ca
ge ui ely
a swe
ho estly,
a d
it
is
co side ably
ki de
to
sit
with
too.

Why
eal
g owth
so
ofte
i volves
some
ge ui e
discomfo t

Lea i g
f om
people
who
a e
bette
tha
you
is
a ely
a
comfo table
expe ie ce,
a d
the e
is
o
eal
way
a ou d
that
fact.
You
may
well
discove
weak esses
you
did
ot
p eviously
k ow
you
had,
a d
you
may
fi d
you self
st uggli g
with
somethi g
that
looks
completely
effo tless
whe
someo e
mo e
skilled
does
it
ight
i
f o t
of
you.
That
discomfo t
ca
be
ge ui ely
f ust ati g
i
the
mome t,
but
it
is
also
usually
a
fai ly
eliable
sig
that
you
a e
actually
ope ati g
outside
you
existi g
comfo t
zo e,
which
is
exactly
whe e
mea i gful
p og ess
te ds
to
happe .
Ve y
few
ew
skills
eve
become
familia
without
a
fai ly
u comfo table
st etch
sitti g
somewhe e
i
the
middle
of
the
p ocess.

How
this
idea
applies
well
beyo d
acti g
o
spo t

The
u de lyi g
lesso
clea ly
eaches
fa
beyo d
the
specific
wo lds
of
film
o
athletics
that
Walke
was
o igi ally
desc ibi g.
At
wo k,
lea i g
f om
a
ge ui ely
expe ie ced
colleague
ca
oticeably
imp ove
you
ow
p ofessio al
skills
ove
time.
I
educatio ,
spe di g
time
a ou d
ge ui ely
high-pe fo mi g
pee s
ca
quietly
e cou age
bette
habits
without
a yo e
explicitly
teachi g
them
to
you.
I
a y
c eative
field,
watchi g
a
ge ui ely
tale ted
pe so
wo k
ca
i t oduce
tech iques
a d
pe spectives
you
would
likely
eve
have
stumbled
ac oss
alo e.
Eve
outside
a y
fo mal
lea i g
co text,
simply
spe di g
time
with
people
who
challe ge
you
assumptio s
te ds
to
shift
what
you
co side
o di a y
o
achievable,
ofte
i
ways
that
o ly
become
obvious
with
a
bit
of
hi dsight.

Othe
memo able
quotes
by
Paul
Walke

Why
this
Paul
Walke ’s
quote
emai s
sig ifica t
today

It
feels
pe fectly
atu al
to
wa t
to
feel
compete t
a d
co fide t,
a d
stayi g
e ti ely
amo g
people
at
oughly
you
ow
level
ca
ce tai ly
p otect
that
feeli g
fo
a
while.
The
t ouble
is
that
it
also
te ds
to
quietly
limit
how
much
you
actually
g ow
ove
time.
Paul
Walke ‘s
quote
offe s
a
ge ui ely
simple
emi de
that
the
ve y
best
e vi o me t
fo
eal
imp oveme t
is
ofte
the
o e
whe e
you
a e
clea ly
ot
the
most
capable
pe so
i
the
oom.
Bei g
a ou d
people
who
a e
mo e
skilled
tha
you
eveals
possibilities
you
had
ot
p eviously
co side ed,
ge tly
aises
you
ow
sta da ds,
a d
keeps
you
ge ui ely
cu ious
athe
tha
settled.
The
ext
time
you
fi d
you self
su ou ded
by
someo e
oticeably
bette
tha
you
at
somethi g,
it
is
wo th
t yi g
to
see
that
mome t
as
a
ge ui e
oppo tu ity
athe
tha
a
easo
to
feel
discou aged.
You
may
ot
walk
out
as
the
best
pe so
i
the
oom.
You
ca
still
walk
out
co side ably
bette
tha
you
we e
whe
you
fi st
walked
i .

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