Darcey Bussell Quotes

The big talent is persistence.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

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.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

The most successful comics are always the hardest-working ones.

Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.

I think expressing yourself and working hard can't help but have great results. Look at Zach Galifanakis. He didn't tweet. He didn't have a podcast. He just went out and did the funniest standup you'll ever see in your life. And he was rewarded for that.

Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.