Kurt Russell Quotes

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

Honestly, being a 5'11" quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.

You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.

It's always a learning experience every time I'm on set.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.

Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.

I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, 'What's the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting?' It didn't make sense to me anymore. It's not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.

The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

I could develop a picture by the time I was 12.

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Hits and flops will come and go. But what stays with you is the experience you had while shooting a film. I am happy learning something new each time.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.