Jamal Crawford Quotes

I was never a prodigy.

There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.

The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.

An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know? I think it's just that he has never... he has a late pick of the things that are ambitious enough for him.

Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one in a billion.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time I was three, I had finished 212 short stories, 38 novels, 730 poems, and one very funny limerick, all before breakfast.

I'm a bordering genius.

There are some guys that can roll out of bed and they can throw 96 from the very first outing. I've just never been one of those guys.

You look more like a legend when you accomplish a lot at a young age.

I had two brilliant children and one genius. Elon could figure out things when he was very young and was always advanced for his age. He could hold a conversation about something that was way beyond his years, and he read voraciously.

There are no words to describe Messi; he always surprises you.

From the moment Messi was introduced, we all knew he was a unique talent. I remember Deco and Ronaldinho immediately realised how special he was, and they took him under their wing.

I am on an elite level of talent.

Messi, there is only one, as there was only one Maradona. You cannot replace players like them.

Well, the LeBron James of the world don't come around very often. That's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing.

Jack is a special performer, the kind that comes along once in a generation.

There are very few things of virtuosity or genius that you can actually witness.

Messi is unique. You can't compare anyone to him.

You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.