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Quotes About Mastery

I got Rampage's style down so good I am even wearing my dog's chain!
~ Rashad Evans
What do you think I am in Manchester for, the weather? I am here to win - only to win, always to win.
~ Roberto Mancini
Running was a part of my hardwiring, and that's what I wanted to do. So this is what I tell people who talk about wanting to follow their passion. 'It doesn't have to be running. It can be basket weaving. Be the best basket weaver in the world. Throw your heart and soul into it.'
~ Dean Karnazes
I love 'Teach Yourself' books. I bought an old weaving loom and had no time for classes, but one 'Teach Yourself' later, and my bobbin is flying.
~ Sandi Toksvig
Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.
~ James Altucher
I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.
~ Penn Jillette
I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
~ Ace Frehley
Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
~ Earl Wilson
To the untrained eye, poker seems deceptively easy.
~ Maria Konnikova
I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
~ Eva Green
Even great actors have to polish their skills and rejuvenate.
~ Asrani
Ideally, a dancer should put in 10 hours of daily practice to deliver a polished performance.
~ Shakti Mohan
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
~ Benny Goodman
The hardest portion of English, I must say it: Idioms.
~ Flula Borg
The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.
~ Nadar
Since I started playing, I always wanted to pose a threat to the batsmen, so I always kept evolving.
~ Ravichandran Ashwin
These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it made it so much more enjoyable.
~ Johnny Bench
When you master all defensive and offensive aspects of the game and always enjoy the majority of possession, you're sitting in pole position to win.
~ Thiago Alcantara
Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
~ Nate Parker
My goal is to just be able to play as many instruments as I possibly can.
~ Tash Sultana
Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.
~ Bebe Neuwirth
When your move with your left hand can be just as potent as your right hand, I think that's pretty special. I think that's why Kyrie's the best, because he finishes so well around the rim with his left or right.
~ Austin Rivers
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
~ Max Roach
I feel like I could dominate the origami field. I think I have enormous potential in that area.
~ Jon Cryer