We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck

Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of the world's defects.
-pg 129

Sometimes geniuses create nothing new, they organize already existing material into something completely useful in other ways

If I flop, let 'em pan me.

Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.