Talent Quotes

You have to be mentally 'there.' Your talent is there, but you have to be mentally there, too.

I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

We as producers need to keep an eye on things and make sure we're doing great stuff, which is sometimes easy to do because of the talent we have, and sometimes not so easy.

Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders.

Talent is the discipline, commitment, and willpower to practice/train/study often, long, and hard. Discover your passion and pay the price.

ONE BLOOD is a richly detailed, intricately woven tale rendered in lush, evocative prose. This memorable debut heralds Qwantu Amaru as a talent well worth watching.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

I did learn a lot from [ Felicia Day], though, and I was able to usurp some of her talent.

I think his development has been lightning quick because of his God-given talent. He has great aptitude and he's been able to develop very fast in front of our eyes at every level.

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.

It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well.

A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards.

I am financing global pictures with global talents. Of course I will bring in the Chinese elements, yet you have to have global talents to create a global picture.

Hollywood is a symbol of global movies, it's not just American movies. It's become a platform and a melting pot; it's for all the talents and capital from all over the globe.

There are many people that struggle and struggle and have all the talent in the world, but for some reason they are not successful. You never know why those things happen.

There's a ton of talent in this country. Some just need to be given a shot.

I love Wayne, I respect his talent. I've watched him grow up.

I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer.

I didn't choose to be a rapper; it's just my talent.

I do realize that I have a talent for making music. It wasn't anything expected, but I do think it's deserved, if that makes sense.

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting.

The good show is not about people fighting or getting drunk or throwing up on each other, or hating each other - it's about celebrating people's talent.

I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.

(You know) you're improving from fight to fight (when you can) showcase your talents against greater opponents every time.

Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.

There are three kinds of power,--wealth, strength, and talent; but as old age always weakens, often destroys, the two latter, the aged are induced to cling with the greater avidity to the former.

From the preponderance of talent, we may always infer the soundness and vigour of the commonwealth; but from the preponderance of riches, its dotage and degeneration.

Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent.

Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.

The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs no consideration.

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

There should be a talent that goes along with being famous.

I have the talent and the tools to win.

Hard work is greater than lazy talent.

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

Technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music, but they are all subordinate to the pleasures and power of true vocal talent.

It was sometimes difficult to reconcile a man's talents with his personality.

Any time some well-meaning person forces you to demonstrate you have no talent and rubs your nose in the fact you're a failure at the only dream you ever had, take another drink.

I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

Most of us would kill ourselves if we were as talent-free as Elizabeth Hurley.

Here is a fine field for talent.