Then when I got in the military I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.

There may be people who have more talent than you but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

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

People don't understand that when I grew up I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic and that's been what has gotten me this far.

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius especially ambitious young men and women.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

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

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians bureaucrats policemen and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.