Twyla Tharp Quotes

Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.

Everybody wants to be great at something.

You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you.

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

I'm not even aware of my success. Success is such an illusion.

Experience really does make you better, man.

You don't reinvent yourself; you get better with what you do.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

I love that idea of mastery.

Mastery, I learned, was not something genetic, or for a lucky few. It is something we can all attain if get rid of some misconceptions and gain clarity as to the required path.

You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.

You never really get to be good at anything.

I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.

I'm happy that people think of me as the greatest tap-dancer that ever lived. But it's just a rumor. Because the greatest dancer that ever lived knows everything, and I don't. I'm still learning. I still have a lot of work to do.

You can never be too skilful.

Success is really about expertise.

Over time I learned that there are two very different satisfactions that you can have in your life. One is the satisfaction of becoming skilled at something. It almost doesn't matter what the terrain is. There is a deep, soul-feeding resonance in mastery itself, whether in teaching, writing a complicated software program, coaching a baseball team, or marshalling a group of people to start a new business.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

Practice is the path of mastery.

Mastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement.

Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.

I don't know if I'll ever be a master at anything, but I think that's a mistake for me personally. I don't know how much it's about the journey, but it's more about the process.

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.