Damon Dash Quotes

Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

I have worked with many, many talented and dedicated people.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

The next generation did not seem to be smart enough to realise that you have to work to be at the top and to stay at the top. You can have talent, but if you do not work hard it's not going to happen.

I hope I can show my talent in every game.

Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.

I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.

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.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

To give the best of the day to your work is most important.

I try to do my best.

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

I want to go out there and do the best work I can.

To give your best is to receive the best.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.