Pool Maxims...

Also aim with your feet. You should know if you're going to make the ball when you plant your feet even before you get down on your shot.

That's all I got.
 
Here's one from Jimmy Reid, "You can be champion of the world at staying down starting right now." (That was one post.:p)
 
Another Bob Dickerson line about one pocket.

The best defense is for you to get eight and out....

He then told me to practice getting out...At that time I didnt know if he meant I needed to leave or practicing making 8 balls into one pocket.

Ken
 
Not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet (geez, this thread grew fast):

The last ball rolling is always the one that hooks you.
 
Gold and Pool

Jack Nicklaus had one that went somthing like "winning isnt about having the most incredible shots, it is about having the most livable misses"
 
A lot of good ones so far. However, I'd like to comment on three of them.

Cuebuddy said:
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser"
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I hate this expression. Sports are full of people who try their hardest yet are gracious when they lose. Weren't Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus good losers? Or, how about Efren Reyes, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann.

Limpkinw said:
Where you look is where you are going to go. (from car/cycke racing but applies to pool as well, keep your eye on the aiming point.)
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We've had many discussions about "last look." Some people do well with their eyes on the cue ball at the moment it is struck.

JohnnyP said:
Pool shows your character.
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I'd amend this one slightly. When things go well, one's true character may not be displayed. So I'd amend it to read: -- "Adversity in pool reveals one's character."
 
This one, from the inimitable W.C. Fields, himself a pool player, and aimed at the hustlers among us. "Never give a sucker an even break." :smile:
 
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