Confucius Quotes

But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.

There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet.

I only want people around me who can do the impossible.

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.

He's a tremendous guy. And what's more, he's virtually a genius in the field of management.

He is the most brilliant speaker of the English tongue of all men on this globe

I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school, it's kind of obvious when you're learning things faster than other kids.

If you ask me about Donna Lynne, she's one of the flat-out most talented people I've ever worked with, and I've worked with some pretty talented people.

When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.

There are actually very few deeply 'gifted' kids with transcendent cognitive or artistic abilities.

Messi is from another planet.

Neymar is a player at a whole different level, in a different world.

Look at the talent that has broken through. Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Cesaro. There are a number of talents there. Everyone wonders if you give them the ball, are they going to score or are they going to fumble? Obviously, all the names I mentioned have scored very well.

No one but people like me can understand the importance of education.

You get guys that are good. Then you get guys that are excellent. And then you get AB de Villiers.

The crazy thing about me, man, I feel like I'm a normal guy. But, maybe I'm a little abnormal when it comes to talent or something.

I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.

I've always been blown away by how unique Brian Limond's mind is.

Maradona, I think, is not a football player but he's something different. He was unbelievable.