Quotes About Proficiency

Walpole has no intellect. A mere surgeon. A wonderful operator but, after all, what is operating? . . . . Manual labour.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

In my opinion, said Lydgate, legal training only makes a man more incompetent in questions that require knowledge of another kind.

We're at the top echelon of motorsports, and we've got guys who have never won Late Model races running on the racetrack. It's pathetic. They don't know where to go.

People were always saying how modern players need to be able to play in two or three positions, and those words stuck in my head. I think that I can do just that.

He can thread a needle with a well-turned phrase.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising.

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.

We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us.

I don't want to build a reputation for just being able to take long throws.

In the long run, it's probably better to tie yourself down to one position and really become established in one area to be as good as you can in that position.

Being able to play basketball at a high level, adjusting to the ball in the air, quick feet, quick hands and all that stuff definitely translates to playing tight end in the National Football League.

You can, when you choose, sharpen the pencil of your mind to a very fine point. Specialize, my boy, specialize.

In a hundred years they may both be sciences. Fine. But today a person who learns the rules of art well is a little rarer than the person who learns the rules of science.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.