Skill Quotes

“A good player is always lucky.”

“To be a great catcher, you have to be a great pitcher.”

“You learn to see by practice. It’s just like playing the piano, you have to practice, and you get better at it.”

“I have no idea how I saved it. It was pure instinct.”

“First master the fundamentals.”

“It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play.”

“Everybody knows that I'm a running back, but I can do a lot of different things. I can catch, I can block, and I'm a good teammate.”

“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.”

“I don't believe in luck. I believe in odds. You can't be a professional gambler and believe in luck.”

“A detective without imagination is a provincial plodder.”

“I don't think you can be a good editor without being a good writer.”

“Drawing is the most important thing. If you can't draw, you can't be an animator.”

“The great thing in air fighting is that the decisive factor does not lie in trick flying but solely in the personal ability and energy of the aviator.”

“I also have a degree in music, and I'm a classically trained pianist.”

“Technique is the test of your musicality. If you have a good technique, you can do what you want with the music. If you don't have technique, you can't do anything.”

“Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky.”

“You can't be a great musician if you're not a great listener.”

“The ability to analyze deeply is a great advantage in chess.”

“You learn to write by writing, and you learn to edit by editing.”

“Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.”