Serge Ibaka Quotes

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.

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

If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

We're playing at our level of ability.

Every man loves what he is good at.

Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

I think I'm one of the only guys here - I mean, we have so much great talent here, but I can do anything. I can literally do anything. That's not me being like, 'Oh I'm so great.' I'm just like, 'I know what I'm doing.'

A 'competence' that has no defined borders cannot be called a true competence.

You can't say that I don't have the skills. You can't say that. I have the skills.

We all have skills, I guess.

It is one thing to have quality and another to be a great player.

People sometimes think that if someone plays basketball, they have to do that one thing they're great at. But I like being able to show that you can do more than one thing and do it at a high level.

Ultimately, it's your talent that counts.

You can never be too skilful.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)