Garfield Sobers Quotes

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

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 work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

Talent is only the starting point.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

I won't tell you that I'm lucky to be here because I know I'm skilled, and I know I'm talented in the ring. That doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the opportunity.

I took what I've been given, and I got where I did on the basis of something that is often undervalued - merit.

If you keep doing something you are good at, it's going to get you by.

I think everyone talks about talent. It's really one of the most overused terms. It comes down to, do you play, and do you win? Talent is one factor, but certainly not the only one.

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

I've always lived by a quote, 'Your talent will make room for you.' Whatever it is in life. I don't care who you are. If you get an opportunity, your talent will make room for you.

There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

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.

You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.