I was not born with many technical skills. I had to…

Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it,…

— Carolyn Hax

“The fact is that it’s not easy to be excellent. However, you can be as good as you care to be, simply by continuing…

— Anonymous

I think that's the only way I can improve: to work hard, to listen to my coaches. Not to question anything.

— Ivica Zubac

Without audiences, artists would be doing something else, and their creative and technical skills would fall on absent eyes.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad…

— Aaron Swartz

Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility,…

— David D. Burns

In futsal, I picked up specific technical skills.

— Wissam Ben Yedder

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

— Carly Fiorina

For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer's leg isn't at a perfect angle, I can see past…

— Louise Nurding

There are two aspects to being competitive; one is to do with sports, and the other is about technical skills. Being able to recollect…

— Viswanathan Anand

A lot of directors in television have come up through the technical ranks. They have all the technical skills in the world. They're not…

— Arthur Penn

Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will…

— Yo-Yo Ma

As a child, I played on the road against bigger players. Due to my technical skills, I've always got by.

— Jerome Boateng

Coaching courses are still much too theoretical, and this is what you see reflected in the basic technical skills of the average player. I…

— Johan Cruyff

Hundreds of players have physical and technical talents but very few make it.

— Giorgio Chiellini