Richard Hamming Quotes

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

It takes skill to benefit from luck.

Chance favours a prepared mind.

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

I had no idea that all the things in my career were going to happen. I sure didn't see it. I just know the good Lord blessed me with ability, blessed me with good eyesight and a good pair of hands, and then I worked at the rest.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.

You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.

You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.

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

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

Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.

If you have talent and you work really hard, it increases your odds but it doesn't ensure anything. But every now and then, the universe must tilt in your direction.

Luck has a lot to do with being a musician.

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.