Quotes About Skill

chess fir-ma-ment. Morphy, Angler, Judy Kaplan....

I never saw a lad, page or prince, so eager to learn to do a thing right.

Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.

It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.

Talent is what wins games.

I played 'Mortal Kombat' competitively in arcades. Played for money at 10, hustling the 20-year-olds. Five bucks on whoever wins. Which, at 10 years old, is real money.

People can't always judge by the records. Maybe a guy has 11 wins in MMA but he's fought the best. Someone else has 11 wins but he's fought nobody. It's a difficult sport because someone can be a champion in four fights, look at Brock Lesnar. So records don't always mean a lot.

Let's be honest here - 99 percent of MMA fans haven't got a clue what's going on. They don't understand the game enough to comment on any of that. They don't know how easy it is to have an impressive record. I could have 10 guys in my gym tomorrow, beat them all up, and there's 10 wins for my record. It is that easy. It is that easy to be 10-0.

It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.

Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.

I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.

Cooking a piece of fish and cooking it right. Knowing the fish, knowing the properties of the fish. That's a hard thing to do rather than covering it with a lot of sauces and foams or other cooking methods that might be high wire acts and look good on the outside.

On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.

Your timing has to be very accurate. I've done a lot of wire work before. I can see that experience makes a big difference.

Here's my take on Andy Kaufman... For Kaufman, comedy was a skill that was open for examination. He didn't just do comedy, he deconstructed it like it was a transistor set. He pulled out all the wires and switched them around, often in front of our very eyes.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.

The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts.

Jimmy Snuka was one of the great performers in the business. In ring performance wise he was phenomenal.

Skill wise, there's nobody that's gonna outwork me.

Derek Brunson's stand up is horrible, I'm sorry. The guy is a good fighter but his stand up is just terrible. He's an amateur fighter stand up wise.

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

In No Limit hold'em tournaments, size your bets based on your opponent's skill level. You can cut corners by betting wisely - save a little here and make a little extra there.

People doubted me, said I lacked skill. I'm just trying to stay consistent, use my minutes wisely, and do what I can with the opportunity.