Quotes About Versatility

I can speak English, Hindi and Bangla.

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.

When I'm standing in front of all those lawmakers in the European Parliament, then I'm a speaker, when I'm singing, I'm a singer. If I'm on the catwalk, then I'm being a model. That can all happen in one week or even on the same day.

My production company, what we are trying to do is I'm trying to create content that speaks to me, and it's not one color. It's not one size fits all.

My game pretty much speaks for itself - a guy who can play multiple positions... attack in different situations.

I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!

I'm not a defensive specialist, I'm a basketball player.

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long enough to become a specialist at it.

I wouldn't be happy to be a specialist. There are some very interesting artists in history who refused to be nailed down into a category, like Da Vinci or Jean Cocteau. You could say Cocteau was a great poet but also a film-maker, interested in theatre, sculpture, and could never identify with any of these forms exclusively.

There's only one Anderson Silva. I think he's a specialist and a generalist.

Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American League's practice of replacing the pitcher with a designated hitter. This creates two players who do not have to do it all.

I don't need players who won't track back, and I'm certainly not keen on specialists.

I've always felt that specialization is best left to the insects.

For many people in the music conservatory world, the message was always, Focus! 'You can't do everything; you really need to specialize.' And especially at an early age, I ignored this advice.

Kids of this day and age know you don't necessarily have to specialize in one sport no matter how much society and your coaches are pushing you towards that.

The hallmark of the human species is great adaptability.

Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.

I don't prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don't choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter.

I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and I didn't choose one thing to be. I cheered, sang in chorus, was in student government, played in rock bands, went to dirt races in western PA... My interests have always been diverse.

The beautiful thing about my intelligence is that it doesn't really come in one specific department. So even if something hasn't happened to me, I have information on how to get you through whatever you may be going through.

I don't have one specific person that I think is the most athletic person.

I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing.