Kate Smith 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.

You've got to perfect your craft.

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

I always try and do everything I can to the best of my abilities, single aspect has to be perfect.

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.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

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

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

If you're gonna learn how to do something, you'd better learn to do it right.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

We want perfection without practice. Yet everyone is harmed if no one is trained for the future.

I think about trying to make it better. That's all I do when we play 'Even Flow' or anything off of 'Ten': 'Let's do this the best we can.'

You can always play better.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.

Because I am of a generation and slightly old-fashioned, my bottom line belief is what you do is you rehearse and you work and you own it. Of course, you hone it during the first few performances but once you have it honed, not that you must ever assume it is perfect, part of the craft is being able to repeat that.

When you look at Beyonce, every interview she does is just perfect delivery, perfect execution, and the thing is, she has honed that skill down.

We can always play better.

I'm going to keep perfecting my craft and keep getting better.