Quotes About Skill

Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess." - Ch. 5

I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel good about it. But as far as technical chops, I'm not a learned musician.

The basic philosophy behind [switch putting] is you always want a hook putt. So for a left-to-right breaking putt, you're going to want to hit it left-handed and vice versa.

I think egg boiling is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I can make a tiramisu anytime you want.

Even if you want something so badly, without talent, you can't even get the opportunity. You remain as the chorus for the rest of your life.

Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better

My cutter has been key for me, and my curveball. I've been able to spot them where I want to spot them.

So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

Just make people better at something they want to be better at.

I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.

I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

Shooting is a lost art. I want to be one of the artists who is remembered for a long, long time.

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.

I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, [but] I wouldn't consider myself the guy you'd want to hire to do Star Trek.

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.

I'm a Major League 3rd Baseman. If you want to go play in parking lot, I'm suppose to stop the ball.

When you are an artist, you want your audience to think its effortless and easy.

Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.