Seth Godin Quotes

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it.

There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.

If you keep doing something you are good at, it's going to get you by.

There's mediocre jazz, mediocre salesmen, mediocre golfers. If you want to be good, you have to really hone your skills.

Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.

I think expressing yourself and working hard can't help but have great results. Look at Zach Galifanakis. He didn't tweet. He didn't have a podcast. He just went out and did the funniest standup you'll ever see in your life. And he was rewarded for that.

You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.

I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it's too hard.