Going into your rookie year, whatever team does take you, and you get to camp, there's going to be a lot of talent in that gym. You're going to walk in a gym - and no matter what - there's going to be a lot of talent.
If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.
It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.
Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you've never been sailing, or picked up an instrument, or tried to teach or to write fiction, how would you know if you had a talent for these things?
Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.
I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
The 'Natmeg' from England's Natalie Sciver attracted a lot of attention as a brilliant piece of improvisation, which requires every bit as much talent as a Tillakaratne Dilshan 'scoop,' or a Jos Buttler 'ramp' shot.
I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.
I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with.
Designers are not artists. They may have the talent of one, but if they want to work in that way they should paint or sculpt.
The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.
I was a pretty sheltered kid, a slow starter. I was pretty secretive with my passion for music and, I guess, my talent and what-not.
Talent is seductive.
The genesis of the Thinking Talent app came from wanting to create a way to scale self-discovery with a framework that we, personally, inside of the company, have used really successfully.
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
Working on 'Housewives' was very similar to 'Sex and the City.' Different cities, of course, but a high level of talent in the writing and acting on both!
You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.
A culture that only recognizes and rewards the same set of attributes results in less collaboration, creativity, and innovation. If we only reward the loudest voices or the sharpest elbows, then we're missing out on the full range of talent.
