Henri Rousseau Quotes

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

You only get better by playing.

I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

You might think that after 40 years of practice you wouldn't need to practice anymore, but sadly it doesn't work that way. You still have to keep chugging away and perfecting.

I try to get better at what I'm doing, game after game.

I'm always learning and getting better with my technique.

For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.

All I've done since I was young was hone my craft.

I've got to perfect my game. Keep working.

That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

Either you have the ability to hit or not. But I also think you have to work at it.

I try to work on all aspects of my game, whether it be run, pass. I think you can never stop growing, and I definitely take that mindset. You've just got to keep on grinding.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

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

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything: You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

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

I practice a lot.

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.