Mbappe Quotes

They say if you spend 10,000 hours practicing something, you will become a master. Well, this is nonsense. Either you are good at something or you are not. The number of hours spent won't change a thing, if you are not naturally talented at it. A terrible singer CAN never become a great singer by practicing for thousands of hours. The same logic can be applied to many other fields. If the 10,000-hour rule were true, a 19 year old Mbappe wouldn't be able crush some of the most experienced players of the soccer effortlessly, who themselves have probably clocked many more hours. If it were true, a 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen wouldn't have beaten the legendary Anatoly Karpov and drawn with Gary Kasparov in Chess. Hours matter ONLY when the talent is present in the first place. If you are good enough, the 10,000 hours will happen naturally over the course of your career. And if you are not good enough, then please QUIT before you waste your life away chasing those 10,000 hours.

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When they thought they are done with you. May you rise and come back stronger just like France in the World Cup final in Qatar. May you have a fighting spirit just like Kylian Mbappe and never give up no matter the circumstances.