Bob Greene Quotes

Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.

I started juggling a long time ago, but long before that, I was a golfer, and that's what I was: a golfer. And as a golfer and as a kid, one of the things that really sort of seeped into my pores, that I sort of lived my whole life, is process. And it's the process of learning things.

You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.

I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.

Whatever it is you do, practice your art; practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you're doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where you think you want to be.

It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?

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

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

Spontaneity comes after skill, not before.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

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.

You only get better by playing.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

There's something in human performance that is very smooth and very fluid, and at the same time it can be very precise, and that can take a lot of time, trial and error.

There's no shortcut to learning a craft; you just have to put the years in.

I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.

Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.