“I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession and degree of specialization that doesn't appeal to me.” — Yves Chouinard

“The difference between doing something just like something somebody else did and doing something the way somebody else did it is the difference between being an imitator and being a student.” — Giles Bowkett