DJ Premier Quotes

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

I want to do one thing and do it well.

Everyone should be good at what they do.

Focus on one thing and do one thing well.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

I'm not the kind of guy who dabbles in a lot of things.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

I believe in doing what I am best at. I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.

I take my craft seriously.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

I personally don't think you can love two things like dancing and singing the same exact amount. There is always one that you like more, and that is most likely the one that you're better at, because you try harder in it.

Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

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

I take my craft very seriously.

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

The thing that you do obsessively between the ages of 13 and 18 is the thing that you stand the best chance of being world class at.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

If instead of completely focusing on what you are doing, you are racing ahead to something shinier or to the next best thing, you will not develop excellence.

My whole thing is if you want to do it, then do it. Kobe told me this, but he said, 'You don't wanna lay all your eggs in one basket, but you wanna lay all your eggs in one basket.' If you wanna do something and be great at it, that's what you're going to have to specialize in. Just take it and run.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

You've got to perfect your craft.

If you do something enough with purpose long enough, you're eventually going to get really good at it.