Quotes About Mastery

Defending is definitely an art.

I pride myself on knowing the defense.

A 'competence' that has no defined borders cannot be called a true competence.

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

My master's degree was in English literature.

Comedy is an art which is extremely difficult to deliver.

I would listen to the other great MCs and work on my delivery all the time.

I think golf is more demanding when you're actually good at it.

What happens with writing a song and demoing it, for me the demo always becomes the master.

I can perform in any situation across all departments of the game.

It's been very tough being an allrounder, you have to do well in all the departments.

You never know the depth of an actor.

I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.

If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

Magic is really difficult to learn, and it requires sort of a fanatical eye for detail.

Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional. Don't just do a half baked job. Do everything correctly. Get down. Learn the details of what you're going to do.

Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning more about a play or a concept.

You have to develop your whole game to completion.

I still have perfect diction!

Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone... these guys are a different level, man.

I tell people that I've had a chance to work Sam Esmail, Damien Chazelle and Cary Fukunaga, and those guys are working on a different level.

There are people who take tap class, do a tap dance. And then there are people who know the dance, who know why they take tap classes. Who know why they do 20 shuffles, or 50 shuffles, before they go on.

I'd like to be able to tap with my action this low without buzzing.

Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.