Colin Kaepernick Quotes

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Wherever I played, I had an opportunity to show my attributes.

Once you're a young player and you're getting an opportunity to play, I think if you're good enough, it just gives you the confidence to go on.

If you play well and consistently, it opens up a lot of opportunities.

If you have talent, then success will come to you.

When you have the best player, you can do a lot of things. The best player can usually back it up, too.

Every preseason, I feel I've done well, and it's just about being given a chance.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

Reality is, you have to work harder the older you get.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.

I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.

Talent is very hot.

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.

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.

I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of those principles in children's books today.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

I think the ability to hit - some guys have it and some guys don't - but I think how dedicated you are to trying to get the most out of yourself, I think kind of determines how good you are and for how long. I was born with the ability to hit, but my work ethic has taken it to the next level.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

Let the path be open to talent.