Quote by Cal Newport

“the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.”

— Cal Newport

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,…

— K. Anders Ericsson

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say,…

— Stephen J. Dubner

“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who…

— Will Smith

You don't know being a performer what kind of performance you're going to give. You know you can give a certain quality of performance,…

— Elton John

People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that…

— Antonio Damasio

“When you truly study top performers in any field, what sets them apart is not their physical skill; it is how they control their…

— Dr. Stan Beecham

“Talent alone does not make someone an expert.”

— John W. Santrock

Great performers - in sports, the arts, business, or whatever field - have undertaken massive amounts of training. And when that training is complete...…

— Brandon Webb

As professionals, you always have to perform to the top of your ability.

— Thomas Muller

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

— Albert Bandura

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

— Gustave Flaubert