Motivation Quote by John Zimmerman

"When in doubt, take more time" is the kind of advice that sounds almost lazy until you remember who tends to say it: someone whose job is to make decisions with a clock screaming in their ear. Coming from an athlete, it’s less about procrastination than about refusing the panic tax. The line pushes back against the sports-industrial myth that greatness is pure speed - faster reads, quicker cuts, instant reactions. Zimmerman is arguing that composure is a performance skill, not a personality trait.

The intent is practical: when the play feels messy, widen the lens. A beat of patience lets patterns emerge - defensive shifts, a teammate’s run, your own breathing returning to baseline. Subtextually, it’s an endorsement of tempo control, the quiet power move in any competitive setting. The best players don’t just execute; they manage time, stretch it, compress it, bait opponents into rushing. "Take more time" reads like permission, but it’s also strategy: make the other side flinch first.

Context matters because modern sports fetishize urgency. Highlights reward immediacy; coaching clichés celebrate "instinct"; analytics can be misread as a demand for constant optimization. Zimmerman’s sentence sneaks in a countercultural claim: uncertainty isn’t always a problem to solve instantly. Sometimes it’s information. If you’re unsure, the wrong move made quickly is still wrong - and it usually creates a second crisis. Taking time becomes a way to stay in control when the game tries to take it from you.