Quotes About Skill

Del Piero is like Raul in Spain, he is the number one.

The press often ask me about Messi and Ronaldo and who is the best, but one thing for me is very clear. For me, the No. 1 is Andres Iniesta, because he is my team-mate for Spain, and I can see that he is able to do even more difficult things on the pitch.

Andres Iniesta is the magic man, not just for Barcelona but also for Spain.

I watched Felipe Luis a lot of times. I played against him in Spain. I know he is a very good player.

English football is different to Italy and Spain. You don't have that much time to calm down or relax because, all the time, the ball is on fire.

If you can't appreciate the full worth of my courage, you can't admire my mastery.

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make plays. I have yet to be in a game where the most prepared team didn't win.

Luck is when skill meets opportunity.

I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved.

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

Here is part of the tradeoff with diversification. You must be diversified enough to survive bad times or bad luck so that skill and good process can have the chance to pay off over the long term.

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.

I do not know anything about luck, apart from that the more I practice, the luckier I get.

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

Being a successful investor & winning in the stock market is a matter of skill & discipline and not luck alone

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.