Gianluigi Buffon Quotes

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Winning the Ballon d'Or is the consequence of your work.

Cristiano deserved to win everything he's won in his career.

If you work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.

If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Talent is only the starting point.

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.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

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

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit … Be in the first group; there is less competition there.

You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own..

I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned.

Nothing creates a winner quite like earning it, not just inheriting it.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

I won't tell you that I'm lucky to be here because I know I'm skilled, and I know I'm talented in the ring. That doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the opportunity.