Quotes About Skill

Drive for show, putt for dough.

It is the skill and ingenuity of the experimenter which show him phenomena which depend on a relatively narrow set of relatively easily realizable and reproducible conditions. If there were no phenomena which are independent of all but a manageably small set of conditions, physics would be impossible.

Given the fact that intuitions are charged with feelings but aren't emotionally-charged, a vital skill is to be able to disentangle intuition's subtle feelings from intense emotional feelings and the attachment and cravings that strong emotions bring.

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.

This is practice. And practice is all I want out of art.

Whenever a tool is handled with ease and with a minimum of false motions, so that it will produce accurate and satisfactory results, it is handled in the right way. The constant aim of every carpenter, especially the apprentice, should be to eliminate false motions in everything he does." — Carpenter's Tools, H. H. Seigele

Telling a joke is like doing a linguistic pirouette. If you fall flat, it means not only that you don't have the wherewithal to do it well but also that you have misjudged your own skill, that you are fool enough to undertake something you can't finish -- and that lack of self-control or self-knowledge is a lack of grace.

I shot millions and millions of shots, just wanted the ball and felt good every time I released the ball, especially in those last seconds of big games.

I want to rely on my gut feeling. Isn't that what made great race drivers in the end?

I know I have a left foot that was probably gifted to me by God, or someone up there, and I can always rely on it.

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

Obviously I rely on my driving.

I really rely on knowing how to apply make-up properly, rather than slapping it on and hoping for the best.

Inner talent gives you that ease. It's not a remarkable thing - just a knack that gives you a very nice life.

If I want to be remembered, I want to be known as a good actor. As times change, we, as actors, need to adapt with it.

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

Mickey Gee will be remembered for his guitar playing by the public and true fellow musicians.

I'm really high on Josh Allen. He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger. He's got the big arm. He's a very good athlete.

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.

Lewandowski reminds me a bit of me. I was a bit of a mix of him and Ronaldo. I also understood playing with the others and I could give assists.

I can't think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, 'This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.'

You know, I write songs, I repair guitars.

On 'Mad Men,' I have a bit of an advantage because I know who gets better as they repeat a scene and who's best at the beginning.

To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films.