Kevin-Prince Boateng Quotes

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

To get to the top, you must put in a lot of hard work, but you also need to be blessed with talent.

There are plenty of players who have a lot of talent. It's all about getting the best out of yourself and you'll have to work very hard to achieve that.

Talent alone is never enough.

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.

A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

I didn't work hard to sit down and not work.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

You don't have to follow what most players do by going to the top school. You can do anything at any school you're at, as long as you're focused and you work hard.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?