Hank Sauer Quotes

There are a bunch of young players coming up and doing incredible stuff.

You have to have some form of talent. Getting to a skill-set when you can do something is achievable. Getting to a skill-set when you can do it an elite level is a different thing.

I was never a prodigy.

When you're talented, you're talented.

Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

I'm fascinated by young people who do extraordinary things.

I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.

You can't make an artist like Lady Gaga. You can help support, you can help develop the vision - I think you can add to the vision - but you just can't make an artist like that. That's like saying Lebron James' high school coach made Lebron James.

Every team has a player like Marco Reus who can make the difference.

Jofra makes any team better. He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he realises how good he is. Some of the things he can do at the click of a finger are just 'wow.' It's pretty special to watch.

What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open.

Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn't teach him anything - he had enough quality himself.

You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.

In 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo.

A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.

Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.

Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.

I was never a prodigy. I was never a child genius.

Genius is born-not paid

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean anything to me, until I was older and could look back on it.

The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.