Martina Hingis Quotes

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

No magic wands have been waved in my direction; I didn't win some kind of lottery to land a spot at one of the biggest clubs in the world.

There is no question that I was given a lot of interesting and unique opportunities growing up... But I think people often misunderstand that I work as hard and want things just as badly as anybody else.

If you have talent, then success will come to you.

There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.

Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.

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

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

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.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.

I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.

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.

I feel that if you have the talent and are hard working, then no one can stop you.

To get to the top, you must put in a lot of hard work, but you also need to be blessed with talent.

I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am.

I've worked hard, but I've been lucky too.

I work incredibly hard - just like every other person in business and work. And aside from the fact of, yes, I am the brother of someone very important, I am, at the end of the day, just James.