Quotes About Proficiency

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!

I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good at it, frankly.

As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.

How do you play someone in a movie? How do you do that? It's impossible - unless you know how. How do you cut somebody open and take out their appendix and sew them back up and watch them get well? That's impossible - unless you know how.

Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.

If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working hard, that means he isn't very good.

What is John Arriaga's circle of competence? Is it real estate? No! Is it U.S. real estate? No! Is it California real estate? No! Northern California real estate? No! Only real estate around Stanford. His circle of competence is this small.

How many ways can you cut a steak? How many ways can a chord go? I've been in this business so long, I know how to cut it.

I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.

My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.

No good workman without good tools.

Knowing things is not the same as understanding them. Comprehension is not the same thing as analysis. Expertise is a not a parlor game played with factoids.

Can't tell, Si. Never had no talent that way.

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

I wouldn't say that I'm a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, but I wouldn't say that I'm brilliant at any.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

Normally, I know what I'm doing.

I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training.

I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.

I'm saying nothing new that Dave Pasquesi is really good at what he does.

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.