Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‚be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough‘ are not true. They are fairy tales.

I’m much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines. The people who do that as a profession are very talented because it’s certainly not easy.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

Puerto Rico’s relationship with music is everything. It’s an island full of talent and if you grow up there, you grow up living and breathing music.

I’ve written some great things. That’s a gift, but there’s consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards – a massive star.

Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo’s sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey’s angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Meeting President Obama was amazing. Very inspiring.

One is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, ‚Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.‘ You have no idea of the competition.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.

In case you’re wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no… people think so because I sound so good.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.

I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

I’m trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, ‚I’m different. I’m not just a comedian.‘ I’m trying to become a rock star.

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It’s the only thing I’ve ever been even decent at. I don’t know how to do anything else.

Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.

Genius, when young, is divine.

From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

I think any activity you have your kids in, you’re all trying to live vicariously through them. And you’re jealous of the kid that’s naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.

I didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he’s terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he’s a terrific actor.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

I guess you could say it’s always been my destiny to be a performer.

If you’re a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don’t understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.

If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I’m the first of so many talented people in this area to make it out. I take great pride to represent where I come from and I am able to show my fans, and everyone who listens and watches me, that anything is possible.

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ‚divine service.‘

I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with ‚Porgy and Bess,‘ the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.

I wouldn’t say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

I’m not going to lie; listen, I’m nice at basketball.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.