--- title: "11 Talent Play Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Talent Play quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Talent Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/derek-jeter-2713_hard_it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard_1457196.jpg" --- > [It doesn't take any talent to play hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-jeter/it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard/) [Derek Jeter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-jeter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/derek-jeter-2713_hard_it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard_1457196.jpg) > [I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-brodeur/i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a-good-team-and-make-the-nhl/) [Martin Brodeur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-brodeur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/martin-brodeur-4488_fortunate_i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a_3204515.png) > [It's one thing to have a lot of talent together. It's another to have everyone play at their highest level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-taurasi/it-s-one-thing-to-have-a-lot-of-talent-together-it-s-another-to-have/) [Diana Taurasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-taurasi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/diana-taurasi-5019_everyone_it-s-one-thing-to-have-a-lot-of-talent-t_347810.jpg) > [I believe God gave me talent to play this game, and I'd be sacrificing those gifts if I didn't give my best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-carr/i-believe-god-gave-me-talent-to-play-this-game-and-i-d-be-sacrificing/) [Derek Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-carr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/derek-carr-6770_believe_i-believe-god-gave-me-talent-to-play-thi_2354402.jpg) > [You've gotta have a special talent to play eight-man football. You've gotta be a well-rounded player. I mean, you're playing both sides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leighton-vander-esch/you-ve-gotta-have-a-special-talent-to-play-eight-man-football-you-ve/) [Leighton Vander Esch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leighton-vander-esch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/leighton-vander-esch-6249_football_you-ve-gotta-have-a-special-talent-to-pl_2194881.jpg) > [Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-uecker/anyone-with-talent-can-play-in-the-major-leagues-for-someone-like-me/) [Bob Uecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-uecker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/bob-uecker-12322_greater_anyone-with-talent-can-play-in-the-major_546949.jpg) > [I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-yastrzemski/i-was-lucky-enough-to-have-the-talent-to-play-baseball-that-s-how-i/) [Carl Yastrzemski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-yastrzemski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/carl-yastrzemski-25974_baseball_i-was-lucky-enough-to-have-the-talent-to_1325834.png) > [Obviously you have to have some talent to play on the PGA Tour, but my talent wasn't so much the physical, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-hovland/obviously-you-have-to-have-some-talent-to-play-on-the-pga-tour-but-my/) [Viktor Hovland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-hovland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/viktor-hovland-6530_getting-better_obviously-you-have-to-have-some-talent-t_2242559.jpg) > [I believe this, we are all gifted for the talent - God blesses everybody with a talent. Mine was to play football.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herm-edwards/i-believe-this-we-are-all-gifted-for-the-talent-god-blesses-everybody/) [Herm Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herm-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/herm-edwards-6571_believe_i-believe-this-we-are-all-gifted-for-the_2116115.jpg) > [I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahul-dravid/i-was-given-a-talent-to-play-cricket-i-don-t-know-why-i-was-given-it/) [Rahul Dravid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahul-dravid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/rahul-dravid-13376_best_i-was-given-a-talent-to-play-cricket-i-d_1026970.png) > [“For almost a generation, psychologists around the world have been engaged in a spirited debate over a question that most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/for-almost-a-generation-psychologists-around-the-world-have-been/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/malcolm-gladwell-348_achievement_for-almost-a-generation-psychologists-ar_2973798.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talent-play/#itemlist", "name": "Talent Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It doesn't take any talent to play hard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Derek Jeter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-jeter/it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/derek-jeter-2713_hard_it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard_1457196.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/derek-jeter-2713_hard_it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard_1457196.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/derek-jeter-2713_hard_it-doesn-t-take-any-talent-to-play-hard_1457196.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It doesn't take any talent to play hard.” — Derek Jeter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Brodeur" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-brodeur/i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a-good-team-and-make-the-nhl/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/martin-brodeur-4488_fortunate_i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a_3204515.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/martin-brodeur-4488_fortunate_i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a_3204515.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/martin-brodeur-4488_fortunate_i-was-fortunate-to-have-talent-play-on-a_3204515.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.” — Martin Brodeur", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's one thing to have a lot of talent together. 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