Quotes About Mastery

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

Doesn't matter if you're playing football, running track or managing a restaurant, you want to be the best at what you do in life.

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.

The more you play, you get a better rhythm and play better.

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride.

It almost sounds ridiculous - but I almost feel like I've re-learned to hit.

I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.

I get very agitated if I don't get something right away.

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.

I like working in those dark, smoke-filled rooms in the back. That's what I'm good at.

You get better as the rounds go on.

Route running is an art, not a science.

I know how to run routes.

I thought I would go win 100 in a row with 100 knockouts.

It really gave me a lot of confidence to know that I could score runs against some really good bowlers.

I don't like to rush my music.

You might think that after 40 years of practice you wouldn't need to practice anymore, but sadly it doesn't work that way. You still have to keep chugging away and perfecting.

You never find virtuosity for its own sake.

It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

Learning how to drive was a scary thing.

If there is an action scene, I want to do everything myself.

Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field.

Scoring is easy for me.