Quotes About Skill

I was, in my day, one of the best directors of episodic TV around.

Craft and art and discipline in what you do will make you happy.

Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.

Not many people can say, 'I was top 150 in the world for something,' in any discipline.

In theatre there is a certain discipline that you have to follow, and you have to be experienced to be performing in front of a live audience. It is satisfying to me.

It's in the knockout games that you discover who the great players really are.

I discovered early on that I was more of a strummer than a picker.

I have always said the most difficult batsman to bowl against is the man who is in form. You may have seen the best batsmen get out early when they are not in form, but an in-form batsman is difficult to dismiss.

You might be an elite-level athlete in the room, but if no one gets to see you display your craft it doesn't matter.

I'm a striker. That's what I enjoy doing. And any chance to display that, I'm happy.

To be the best, you have to have the right equipment at your disposal.

I was certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.

I know how to control the distance, I know how to counter real good.

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

Art is anything people do with distinction.

Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.

I can distribute, I can lock up on defense.

Definitely my strength is distribution and I like to bring that every time I play.

I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.

I knew I am not star material. I cannot sing or dance, nor am I good for action. I can only perform for which strong, diverse roles are needed.

There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

I can now put 'experienced aerialist' on my resume.