Amateur Quote by James DeGale

I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid,…

— Yehudi Menuhin

Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to see fearless…

— Edward Smith

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

— Tracy Austin

Every professional was once an amateur.

— Alexander Pope

I always feel I'm an amateur. I don't most of the time know what I'm doing.

— Steve McQueen

Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an…

— Charles Kettering

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.

— Wallace Stevens

In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional.

— Robert Genn

“An amateur is defensive. The professional finds learning (and even, occasionally, being shown up) to be enjoyable; they like being challenged and humbled, and…

— Ryan Holiday

“I am not a professionally trained professional. I am an amateur professional!”

— Jarod Kintz

As an amateur, you may envy the professional, wishing you could combine business with pleasure into a kind of full-time hobby, using professional equipment…

— Michael Langford

You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional, meaning that…

— Patton Oswalt