I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.
All pitchers are born pitchers.
If you're born with a gift, to behave like it's an achievement is not right.
Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.
Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.
Talent is a gift from God. That is something that you are born with. To be able to be born with singing talent is just a gift. You can learn how to sing better, but you cannot learn to sing with certain quality. It is just something you are born with.
We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works.
It's in my blood to perform.
All I have is natural ability.
My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.
Though I probably shouldn't admit this, the activities and pursuits in which I've achieved any measure of success are, without exception, activities and pursuits that came easily to me from the beginning.
It's hard to deny talent. If you're good, you're good.
All I had was natural ability.
I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.