Quotes About Potential

When I was a kid, everywhere I went people said I should be a model, but I was more into skateboarding.

There is always the next big thing, the next big skater.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

I was a really good ice hockey player when I was a kid. Now in the aftermath I think I wasn't maybe big enough, and I couldn't have put on enough muscle to actually be able to play with the better guys, but I was a really good skater.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

In your 20s, you're just a sketch of what you think you're trying to be.

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

Cheryl's artistically inclined. She draws and sketches, but I don't know about acting.

I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion.

When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.

The interest in it is growing, and I think seeing players like me succeed in Ligue 1 is proof to futsal players that it is possible. It proves that there is more than one route to take, and more players are getting noticed due to their high skill levels.

The single biggest resource India has is people and skill.

I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.

I had jumped about 6.40 metres with no training, no run-up, and certainly no skill, when this big, good-looking guy came up to me and told me I could be great.

I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

Me, in all aspects of my life, I'm thinking about how can I maximize my skill set and who I am as a person. That's part of my job in becoming a better receiver.

There's a common problem: if a kid is not good at exams, they often think they are not skilled. Yet many of them do have the skills employers are looking for - but often we don't show them that, or teach them how to develop them, or celebrate them.

When I left school I went onto the shop floor, working 12-hour shifts in a TV factory. My workmates were sharp, skilled and all capable of enjoying higher education - but they didn't have that opportunity.

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.

The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do.

Many of the differences that cause students to be excluded in school are actually the same qualities or skills that other people are going to admire, respect or value about that person in adulthood.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

We all have skills, I guess.

Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.