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Quotes About Proficiency

If you have to write it down, you don't know it well enough
~ David Halberstam
I said he's the best at what he does. Not at what I do.
~ David Kahn
A skilled rider should be able to operate the throttle and front brake simultaneously.
~ David L. Hough
The System of Motorcycle Control (the British System) is the basis for what is called roadcraft, the science of becoming an accomplished motorcyclist. The implication is that motorcycling is a craft worthy of mastering, not simply a fun thing you attempt by bump and feel.
~ David L. Hough
If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.
~ Harrison Ford
Every man loves what he is good at.
~ Thomas Shadwell
If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter.
~ Jock Stein
If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.
~ Howard Gardner
There is a big difference between being good and being great.
~ Oscar Pistorius
Good writers are of necessity rare.
~ George Henry Lewes
The good teams are good at what they do.
~ Brett Favre
Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained in design, it won't look very good and it won't communicate very well.
~ John Maeda
I do a pretty good job at casting actually.
~ Ridley Scott
Good students are good at all things.
~ Marissa Mayer
I feel that I am a good actor.
~ Burt Lancaster
I'm very good at what I do and there's not too many people in the world that have an answer for what I can do.
~ Jon Fitch
Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
~ Dan Abrams
The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
~ Victoria Pratt
If you can't be good, be good at it!
~ David Adam
Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.
~ Eric Fellner
I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.
~ Fuzzy Zoeller
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
~ H. L. Mencken
Everyone should be good at what they do.
~ Ian Hart