Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.
I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.
Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
Talent without working hard is nothing.
There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.
Talent! There's no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous hard work in the right way.
To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.