Queen Latifah Quotes

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

Dancers are made, not born.

Conte is correct - talent needs to be nurtured on a daily basis with hard work.

Everything that I tried to act in my life, I put in the time and effort to try and get better at it.

Talent is important, but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so.

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

No one's ever gotten better by practicing less.

You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.

To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very hard instrument to accept, because it takes years to start working with it, that's first, and it looks like everybody else is moving on the instrument but you. Then when you find a cat that's really playing, you always find that he's been playing a long time, you can't get around it.

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything- You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

There are no shortcuts to good golf. The better players realize this.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

If you work at something, you get better at it.

Almost nothing worthwhile is easy, and it's hard to just jump in and be good at something difficult right off the bat... The only reliable way to succeed at anything is to actually do it, repeatedly, with concentrated effort. True for individuals, and true for organizations. Athletes, artists, businesses.

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton ... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.

I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice.

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. pg 29

David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.

Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.