Skill Quotes

"You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail" "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill Our antagonist is our helper" "Word to my two-tone Patek, baby, just because you’re good at something doesn't mean you have to do it" "Any fool can sing in the day. It is easy to sing when we can read the notes by daylight; but he is the skillful singer who can sing when there is not a ray of light to read by." "Intelligence without principle is luck, not skill" "Avoid banality; mastery is about complexity up to the edge of discomfort" "To know how to live is my trade and my art" "Once you understand what excellence is all about, you see how excellence manifests itself in any discipline." "Talent is cheaper than table salt" "You can’t take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it" "I see football as an art and all players are artists" "The lyf so short, the art so long to lerne" "Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks " "A good player is always lucky."