Talent Quotes · Page 49

I always said that Messi has some talent that no one has. I mean, he has the ball and his speed controlling…

— Gerard Pique

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

— Stephen Covey

I was born with this talent, so I've just worked hard, and now it's gone well for me. But I'm not going…

— Riyad Mahrez

“After all, before you could play a song, you had to learn each note of the scale. A newspaper article was made…

— Brit Bennett

Talent seduces us into interpretation. My sister could draw wonderfully, but she would never have hit upon the idea of becoming a…

— Georg Baselitz

You can always spot a 'television personality', even when they aren't actually on television, because they carry their 'made-up' persona in front…

— Will Self

I wasted a lot of my talent in the '90s because the money was so big, and I was making so much…

— John Daly

I have always been a fan of music but I didn't really get into playing until I was about seventeen or eighteen…

— Ryan Bingham

So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and…

— Lou Holtz

SUCCESS in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and PERSEVERANCE.

— Anonymous

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little…

— George Gershwin

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

— Will Smith

“I never encountered any crisis in life, because I solved my problems before they turned into crisis.”

— Amit Kalantri

The executive female talent gap is real, and that's why it's critical to champion women throughout their careers.

— Kim Reynolds

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

— Mark Victor Hansen

Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in…

— Ethan Nadelmann

When you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy.

— Rita Zahara

You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck…

— Robert Jordan

Being good at something is not someone's fault. It's merely a gift. Gifts should be cherished, not envied and put down.

— Anonymous

I have a talent for dealing with difficult men.

— Jane Rosenthal

The first two major label records I did what I wanted to do. It wasn't a problem until after I finished my…

— Van Hunt

I submitted videos and applications to talent agencies and TV shows; I drove to Vegas and visited agents. I was on 'America's…

— Lindsey Stirling

Doing the difficult things that you've never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.

— Robin Sharma

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides…

— Alex Flinn