Quotes About Mastery

I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap.

Rapping works like a sport... the more you do it, the better you get at it.

I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it.

I don't know where I'm rated. I don't pay attention to that. I'm really so just all into my craft. It's not a contest. I try to play the best.

Everybody is so right when they keep raving about their work experiences with Mr. Bachchan. It was a treat really. He has honed his craft to another level altogether.

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.

Good writing is everything.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

Mainly I love working on good writing.

The day I stop learning and I don't try to make myself better on the guitar, that's the day I hang it up and say, 'Goodbye.'

You've got to have a commitment to your craft.

I've never gotten into anything that I didn't feel I'd be successful doing.

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.

I feel like I have an advantage in grappling with just about anybody I fight.

With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

It's very important that an artist's job is to be a great artist.

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

I just want to be a great player.

What's the difference between a good player and a great player? A good player plays well in his own conditions - a great player plays well in all conditions.