Vida Blue Quotes

There are some guys that can roll out of bed and they can throw 96 from the very first outing. I've just never been one of those guys.

If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

I was born with the gift.

I think there are some players born to play ball.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

I've always had an aptitude for wrestling. I can't explain it - it's like a gift. To this day, I don't always know how or why I do certain things.

You can't make a star - they just have it.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

The game comes natural for me.

Actors are not made, they are born.

As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract.

All pitchers are born pitchers.

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.

There are certain things you can't coach, you've got to watch a guy do it.