Quotes About Talent

When I was 15, I used to pick the school football team.

I wanted to come to a good football team so I could showcase what I could do.

I always wanted to be a footballer; I always wanted to play. I was born to be a footballer.

I was born a footballer. Before I could walk, I was chasing balls.

When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

My thoughts on Balotelli? He's the kind of player who infuriates me. I was not born a footballer like him. I achieved what I did because of all the hard work I put in. I had to make sacrifices.

Maybe I was an even better cricketer than a footballer.

It is special to play alongside the best footballer in the world.

Good players can do well everywhere and Soldado is a good footballer.

There was a footballer, Matt Le Tissier, from Guernsey. But as far as music, no, not many people have come out of there.

You have good footballers coming out of Africa, West Africa, but they are not on the level that Eto'o played.

I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

I get egotistical about things where I can do something well - for example, my singing. Most other things, I don't have the wherewithal to back it up.

Fame is an upshot of what I do. If you're a successful comedian or actor, then you're a famous one. But it's not the driving force. It's a by-product.

I love playing guitar. I grew up with my dad playing. But acting is definitely the forefront, I guess I'd say, in terms of career and something that I really enjoy and feel lucky to be able to do.

I've never been a great shooter. I'm not a regular foreigner player.

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money.

I figure I'm a mandolin player first and foremost, and everything else I've accomplished is just a scam.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

Before I even pick up a guitar, usually the words are done. So I'm not first and foremost a musician. I'm first and foremost a writer.

I am a singer, first and foremost, but the medium happens to be the cello.