Ray Mancini > Quotes

“The Advanced Level is Mastery of the Basics”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“The more things you have in common with the normal population the more you are not being yourself.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“The magic in life is in the speed of recovery from adversity.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“Creativity is the result of renunciation on the journey of spiritual enlightenment, not of a thirst for glory or personal pride.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“I am not here to be average, I am not here to be great, I am not here to be successful, and I am not here to be happy, I am here to simply be all of me.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“Science provides us with the methods we need to discover the truth. However it is only by developing wisdom through spirituality that provides the force we need to generate meaning in our lives.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“Just about everything in life is common sense, anything outside that is the beginning of extraordinary." Ray Mancini”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“What a tragedy it would be if you lived your entire life without discovering who you are, without reaching your full potential.” Ray Mancini”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“Normality does not exist. There is no such a thing as normal.
The social norms that guide most people are not always normal for everyone. Behaviours and actions that are abnormal for most people may be considered normal for others, so therefore normality does not exist. Stay true to yourself; never be ashamed of doing what feels right to you at any giving moment, decide what feels right to you and do it. Don’t be normal, be yourself.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“The Hardest Things To Do Are The Easiest Things To Do.”
― Ray Mancini

“The thing is, this 'reality' isn't happening to you; it's happening because of you. Everything is woven into the very fabric of your being, responding to you. When that clicks, your focus shifts, and you stop trying to rearrange the furniture in the dream and wake up to being the one dreaming it. That's when everything transforms.”
― Ray Mancini

“Look at your life like a blank canvas and you're the artist, now go ahead and paint your masterpiece." Ray Mancini.”
― Ray Mancini

“Reason Develops Passion, Passion Creates Motivation, Motivation is the driving force behind all actions = GREAT RESULTS.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“The thing which disappoints me most about the human race is the extraordinary lack of substance and depth, and the avoidance of opportunities where there is a possibility of experiencing something profound.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition

“HUMANITY IS AN EXPERIMENT:
Your present life now is nothing less than a cheap and pathetic imitation of what life supposed to be like, unless you free yourself from the slavery we have all accepted for reality you will never get to paradise.”
― Ray Mancini, Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting: Performance Edge - Sports Edition