I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.
I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.
Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her.
I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something.
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think you should be getting a breather, distance-wise, and instead, you get hit with a long iron or hybrid shot over trouble.
People may be prepared to buy services from Apple and Amazon if they feel these companies do a good job, but we need to ensure that we can speak up when our content is used by other people for their profit. An activist amateur culture will constantly challenge and say, 'This is mine, you're not doing that with it.'
So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
Every artist was first an amateur.
I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs.
Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period.
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.
When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.
As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.
Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.
An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.
I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.
My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.
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.
Amateurs hope, professionals work.
I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She's not like that any more. I lost my temper. It was silly and I burst into tears and ran up to the producer. I said I had been terrible and amateur.
The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.
In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.
From 1964 to 1968, I won many state, national and international amateur karate titles.
Right before I start the putter back, I think about making solid contact. This brings your attention to the back of the ball and helps keep your head still at impact, which is a must. Many amateurs take a peek down the line too soon, and that can cause all sorts of mis-hits.
There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.
I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is a consummate professional, but he's also an 'amateur' in the pure sense of the word.
