B. B. King Quotes

Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.

I don't think anything comes naturally; you just have to work very hard.

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

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 have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never took the talent for granted - I've always worked really hard to be as good as I could be.

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it.

I don't think I'm the most talented musician or the best singer, but I work really, really hard.

I'm not somebody that's been a natural at anything.

There are so many talented fighters. And then there are fighters who must work like butchers. They are champions because they work hard every day. I believe I have a little bit of talent, because I learn very quickly, but I'm like the butcher.

Don't think that you can just rely on natural talent because there are going to be times when you get a little tired and that's when your skills come into play to help you make look easy.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.

I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.

Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything- You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.

The reason everybody is so amazed and enamored with me right now is because I have worked every angle, I have worked every formula, I have worked every equation, I have seen every club, I have seen every performance, I have seen every joke, I have studied, I have done my job. That's why I'm good. It's not because I got up one night and decided I wanted to tell some f - -ing jokes.

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.

One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

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.

Either you have the ability to hit or not. But I also think you have to work at it.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

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.

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