#amateur

But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#amateur #any #became #compose #did

A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#greatness #passion #love

I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#amateur #i #photographer #writer

At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#amateur #commercial #disadvantage #enthusiasm #fast

I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage. ↗

— Jack Dee

#amateur #anyone #comedian #conscious #good

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#always #amateur #expertise #should #skating

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#even #even now #heart #i #keep

If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'. ↗

— Edward Klein

#amateur #george #know #like #programs

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals. ↗

— Karrie Webb

#bodies #good #grassroots #great #level

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#before #fights #five #had #i