“Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”

“…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”

“If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent or genius can make up for it.”

“The amount of energy it takes to make love is the same amount of energy it takes to be very wealthy.”

“Once I stop spending energy trying to prevent things I have no control over, I have a tremendous amount of energy to focus on the places where I can make a difference.”

“It ain’t fair. Gifts is divided so damn unevenly. Like God just left his damn sack of talents in a ditch somewhere and said, “Go help yourselves, ladies and gents.Them’s that get there first can help themselves to the biggest ones. In every other walk of life, a jack can work to get what he want. but ain’t no amount of toil going get you a lick more talent than you born with. Geniuses ain’t made, brother, they just is. and I just was not.”