Ability Recognition Quotes

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire

If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

It is the American way to reward ability.

I know what I'm good at, and if I'm asked to do something I'm not - like hip-hop dancing - I get self-conscious.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.

If you are good at something, and especially, if people who matter tell you that you are good enough, you must follow that sport.

I think when people keep saying to you, "You're good at this," you just keep doing it.

In an adequate social order, the untalented should be able to acquire a sense of usefulness and of growth without interfering with the development of talent around them

Back in those days, a parent looked at the disability and didn't see the ability. 'Life Goes On' showed that people with a disability can be included. Just give them a chance and let them learn. That's what the show was trying to teach.

I'd like to see you move up to the goat class, where I think you belong.

I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

It's rewarding to be recognized by the fans and other players for my abilities and to be able to represent the Arizona Cardinals fans from around the world.

My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.

I just happen to know how to hit a baseball and throw a baseball. But I probably couldn't go into somebody else's job and be as good as they are but no one's praising them about it.

Actually, I wanted to play baseball. Honestly, I just think with a kid developing, playing a lot of sports, it's just kind of whatever you're good at.

The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

We have far more ability than we give ourselves credit for.