Tom Seaver Quotes

I was born to play baseball.

At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.

Merit should count more than academic background.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

Everyone should be good at what they do.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

It's one thing to talk about lack of diversity and lack of representation. But that doesn't matter if you're not good at what you're supposed to be doing.

An actor should be judged by his performance only.

To give the best I can, sometimes you will be brilliant or not.

It is one thing to have quality and another to be a great player.

I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

Half talent is no talent.

Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

Your preoccupation should be on doing what you do as well as you can.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

Thomas Muller is not the best in the world. But he is the best in what he does

To his surprise he also discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something, whether painting or poetry, that you cared about a great deal.

All I have is natural ability.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

I never saw a player who had greater promise.