Unrecognized Ability Quotes

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

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.

It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.'

Nobody wants to hear me sing! I can sing, but nobody wants to be there for it.

I think the Jamaicans are among the most talented people on the planet; it's just that through circumstances, through poverty, they rarely get the chance to bring those talents to the fore.

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

You have to learn to see the gold in dirt, which means that you try to spot people with potential as well as ideas that have potential.

In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

I built stages and I did stage management - I think I built the sets twice, I happened to be good with a drill, which is a talent I didn't know I had.

Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

Every black comedian in the country knew what I could do. But that doesn't mean everyone else is paying attention.

Obviously, I didn't get looked at and didn't get recruited by Fresno State or any other school in the nation, to be honest. It has always been my goal to go into every game and show you why you should have recruited me, why you should have offered me.

I was usually asked to do less than I was capable of by directors who had lost control of their movie.

No one knows what I'm capable of doing.

Fighting was something inside of me that I didn't realize was there.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks.

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

First of all, with due respect to my dad, he wasn't an ace composer. He never got the success that my uncle did.

I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.