Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

Owen is a hard worker and a very good athlete. The hard work part is rare because not many guys his age have a very good work ethic. They rely mostly on talent. He wants to improve.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.