Quotes About Talent

We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world.

The first time I heard Jack Teagarden on the trombone, I had goose pimples all over.

Great musicians are great musicians, whether they're playing a trombone or an electric guitar or a xylophone.

I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.

I am a trombone player, and that was my first instrument.

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band.

When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.

Most people don't even know what a trombone is. It's not that popular as a front instrument... I picked it up and fell in love with it as a kid. It's a difficult instrument, but I like doing things that seem impossible.

I was impressed by the capability and talent and intellect of our troops on the ground. These kids are really impressive.

As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

Gareth Bale is an absolutely fantastic player who has achieved so much and won many trophies.

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.

The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.

It was only after I made my Duleep Trophy debut did I think I had a realistic chance to play for India. I scored a double hundred, and I realised that I had the potential to play for my country because I played the best bowlers in the country at that time.

It's not that I don't like cricket. I have played first class cricket and represented Delhi in the Ranji Trophy as a spinner, but at the same time my inclination to become an actor was very strong.

You can't take a person who's never danced in their lives, and are completely terrible, and turn them into the mirrorball trophy holder. That just doesn't happen.

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.

I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.