Quotes about Talent

I've dealt with expectations my whole life and have been blessed to be able to play at a high level, whether it's football or baseball.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

What can you say about Messi? A guy who has won five Ballon d'Ors, four Champions Leagues and has scored 97 goals in a year. There is no need to win a World Cup to certify that talent.

Till 2010, there was one national award for Best Music Direction. I have received it thrice - for 'Sagara Sangamam,' 'Sindhu Bhairavi,' and 'Rudraveena.'

America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact that we are not utilising the abilities and the talents of other brown and black peoples and females that have something to bring to the creativity and the rejuvenation and the revitalisation of this country.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered—either by themselves or by others.

Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.

Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any talent tries to use it.