I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If yo… — Ivan Lendl

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.

Ivan LendlAthlete · Czechoslovakian · b. 1960

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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. — Thomas Carlyle
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. — Carl Sandburg
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. — Benjamin Franklin
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