Quotes About Mastery

Tenure does not equal competence. Doing something for a long time does not mean doing it well.

My goal is to be really incredible by the time I'm 70.

You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.

By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.

I don't think anybody in the world matches up with my skills. That's just the way you've got to be when you step in the cage.

I have to keep calm and work on my shots in practice.

The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.

I've driven just about every kind of car there is.

As actors, when we keep working every day, after a point of time, we just know all our emotional cards and how to play them.

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.

Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers, it's as if the bottom dropped out.

There are so many categories you can pick whatever you like to show who's best.

My center is not really my singing so much as my guitar playing.

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.

When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.

I mean, I've definitely found my thing, what I'm good at. Certain things that guys do keep them in the NBA a long time, but I've found what I'm good at, and I'm only going to continue to get better at that.

I'm the champion because I'm the best in every area.

If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

All I know is it was incredible watching Robert Downey Jr. bring Chaplin to life. Talk about weight-lifting!

Im a chef. Ive been cooking for 26 years, and, you know, theres probably not a lot of things that I havent tried in my life.

Chef Michel Richard is always at the top of his game.

Man, jiu-jitsu is such a chess match.

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.