Shelly Burch Quotes

All I had was natural ability.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.

Cricket is just something that I am good at, just like various people are good at various things. What's lucky is that cricket gets enormous publicity.

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

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.

If you're born with a gift, to behave like it's an achievement is not right.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

I wasn't born a superstar.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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?

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.