Eric Ripert Quotes

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

I'm still in the first baby steps of my career, so I've got so much to learn and so much to figure out.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.

The most trusted way to keep moving up that value chain is to keep investing in individuals - to help them grow in knowledge and skills. Education is hard. It takes individuals to do the hard work.

I'm going to get better and better. You never stop learning in this game.

I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.

I just want to prove that I am really good at something. And I haven't quite done that yet - at least not to myself. I know I could ride so much better, with more ease, with more finesse. I feel I'm nowhere near as good as I should be.

I look to gain experience wherever I play.

I know what level my skills are and what I am still yet to be capable of by getting better.

In a year, you can learn a lot.

With time, I am knowing my game better.

As you go through your career you learn what works for you and what doesn't and you pick things up with experience.

I know that I need to keep growing as a player.

There's always things to get better at, and there's always stuff to learn when you come into training.