Quotes About Talent

Nepotism will never give you success, but talent can.

I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers.

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.

I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

Professional creativity requires more than inspiration, talent, and discipline - it requires an endurance that few are aware of and even fewer have.

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

Geography can be a major restriction for people to not be able to showcase their talent.

If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.

You need talent as a rider and I think I had that in my genes. But I think I also had a talent for suffering, which I thought was important, but also determination.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

I think a leader has many roles to play. So, you know, one role is that of incubating talent; the other is that of being a strategist. It's a very interesting job I've got.

Monday night, there ain't a better time to showcase your talent.

I am good at baking. I don't know if that counts as a talent, but I love to bake. Everybody says I'm good at it, so apparently I make the best banana bread.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one in a billion.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

My captaincy model was characterised by two distinctive pillars. Proper identification of talent and then ensuring the young finds play fearless cricket.