Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my…

Help me, Mr. Wizard! I don't want to be an amateur gynecologist anymore!

— Rock Cowles Channeling Tooter The Turtle

“The world is changing at such a rapid rate that it’s turning us all into amateurs. Even for professionals, the best way to flourish…

— Austin Kleon

The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

— Larry MacPhail

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

— Mikhail Prokhorov

I've dedicated a lot of time to this sport, and to see my time coming to an end, it's kind of sad.

— Jordan Larson

I've been in this sport a long time, and this sport is based on your last performance.

— Dan Henderson

Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti-environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of…

— Marshall McLuhan

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain

I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think…

— Ernie Els

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

— Alan Sheinwald

Every artist was first an amateur.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.

— Taron Egerton

My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting…

— Ciaran Hinds

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

“The amateur doesn't appreciate the need for experimentation. He wants his experts to know.”

— B.F. Skinner