What is talent? the definition of talent talent
|ˈtalənt|noun1 natural aptitude or skill : he possesses more talent than any other player | shedisplayed a talent for garden design.
I am sitting watching the US OPEN and I just heard the funniest thing. Roger Federer said that he has lost some matches and people forget how great he has been. He has been in three finals has won 35 straight matches and the media is saying he is done. And he said it hurts. He is two slams away from knocking off Sampras and still feels he can’t catch a break. He has been #1 on the charts / rankings for 5 years! Can you imagine that. If an artist in our business was top of the charts for 5 years without being knocked off the Number One spot?
We take for granted what talent really is. Just because someone screams, curses, and shouts into a mic doesn’t mean they have talent. Just because a little kid puts on makeup looks like a doll and does beauty pageants does mean they have talent either. Talent is a gift. It’s something that is much more noticeable in athletics than anything else in the world. You see greatness when you watch an athlete. Listening to hip hop all my life, I have seen greatness. I have seen artists like Nas, Chuck D, Rakim, and others flip words like magic and make them sound and mean different things. I have seen them capture a crowd and make them think. I have seen a comedian make people laugh so hard that they couldn’t stand. Fall out of a chair laughing – Like Jamie Foxx, and Dave Chapelle. These guys have talent.I have seen Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe and Deniro take my breathe away on screen. Pacino, Streep and some young kid named Dicaprio blow me away in “Whats Eating Gilbert Grape” one of my favorite little films. Now he has talent.
We need to recognize true talent when we see it. Embrace greatness and aspire to do great things. Its very important to be able to distinguish between talent and luck, for most people get lucky sometimes but very few are truly talented. I am rooting for Federer to win this Open even though Rafa is one of my favorites as well; I just think Roger needs this one and he deserves it.
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