Penn Jillette Quotes

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.

I reached this level by sheer dint of hard work, toiling away at scores of tricks and experiments. I used to play with the ball from dawn till dusk and just kept practising. If I wasn't playing matches, it was trying out one on one or two against two with a tennis ball. Then I used to try aiming at certain targets. That's the only way to learn. And if I missed the target, I kept trying until I scored

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.

Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.

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

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

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

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.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

I think if you want to become a great football player, professional, you must give all the time one hundred percent, you must work hard - to be lucky is a good thing - but if you work hard and you give everything you will have great success.

The way I look at tricks is if I really have my mind set on one, I'm going to learn it until I can do it 10 or 20 times in a row. I want to perfect it.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.