I've been privy to many athletic environments, both…

The fact that I could secure an opera engagement made me realize I had within me the making of an artist, if I would…

— Enrico Caruso

“The difference between an amateur and professional photographer is the size of the waste basket”

— Chris Marquardt

“Another difference between amateur and professional writers, almost by definition, is that the latter more successfully engage their audience. It is partly a question…

— Alice W. Flaherty

I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur artist is…

— Ben Shahn

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can…

— Steven Pressfield

Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is,…

— Bernard DeVoto

The difference between an amateur and a professional photographer is that the amateur thinks the camera does the work. And they treat the camera…

— David Hemmings

“The difference between and amateur and a professional.. a professional believes if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. An amateur…

— Robert Littell

“I am not a professionally trained professional. I am an amateur professional!”

— Jarod Kintz

Most amateurs are so worried about mis-hitting the shot or hitting it off line, they don't make an aggressive move. You'd be surprised how…

— Keegan Bradley

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write…

— Agatha Christie

“The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him.…

— Steven Pressfield

You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history…

— Dan Jenkins

“The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.”

— Alan Sheinwald

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do…

— James Agate