Jan Vertonghen Quotes

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

I'm not the kind of guy who dabbles in a lot of things.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

The thing that you do obsessively between the ages of 13 and 18 is the thing that you stand the best chance of being world class at.

I believe in doing what I am best at. I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.

Knowing one thing well empowers you and gives you a set of tricks to the trade that you can apply across the board. Go deep, and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark.

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.

When you have a deep focus, you can't go wrong at all. Not when you're an expert at what you do.

Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it's not just stamina in your effort. It's also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you're not really going to get anywhere. You'll never become an expert.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.

Life isn't about trying to be an expert in everything. It's about being an expert in one thing and offering it to the world.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

Focus on just a few things, and do them better than anybody else.

Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.

I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns.

It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.

We now live in the era of the super-specialist - of clinicians who have taken the time to practice at one narrow thing until they can do it better than anyone who hasn't.

Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

I want to do one thing and do it well.