Gene Krupa Quotes

The legwork is always hard. Really finding people that you think are good enough. Just the definition of what we have to do is finding good enough people that you really think are special.

I'm always looking for new talent.

We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent - people - who give us products to sell.

Talent is very hot.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Tell me who you want to see on the Left, and I'll hire them. If you give me a big name that's out there, that's floating around and wants work, I'd be happy to hire them.

I had no idea that all the things in my career were going to happen. I sure didn't see it. I just know the good Lord blessed me with ability, blessed me with good eyesight and a good pair of hands, and then I worked at the rest.

I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.

Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived to create whatever good fortune I can get in my life - and consistently strive just as hard not to screw it up once I have it!

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.

I'm one of those fortunate actors who gets to work pretty much every day. I've had a run of good fortune and work with some terrific people who have hired me.

I'd like to build a superteam. I'd like the superteam to come to me.

Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.

Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.

I have a wealth of experience, but I do not want to coach. I rather like the role of recruiter.

We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

If you give people peanuts, you get monkeys. So if you want good people that are highly qualified, make the amount of money available for them to go out and do the job.