Natalie Prass Quotes

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

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

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.

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

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

I promise you, if you look at YouTube and see some of my first covers, you will hear that I don't sound good. But I was so obsessed with it and wanted so much to be good at it that I forced myself to figure out what sounds right and what sounds wrong.

The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

It takes more than talent to get to the top.

I don't really see myself as a talented player. I just like working hard, and working hard brings great achievements.

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

I think everyone talks about talent. It's really one of the most overused terms. It comes down to, do you play, and do you win? Talent is one factor, but certainly not the only one.

It's not very easy to impress No I.D., you really have to work hard.

If I really want to be the best player in the country, all I have to do is work at it, and eventually, you're gonna get there.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

The harder I practiced, the luckier I got.

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.

Talent is long patience.

Success is less about luck, and more about practice.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

Before I was a genius I was a drudge.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.