On an icy January day with a Level 2 weather advisory, one of our home health aids was on her way to her patient's home when her car slid off the road and hit a guard rail. Shaken, but uninjured, Betty had a drivable car with some damage to it. Rather than report off work to go take care of her car, she continued on to her patient's home, knowing her patient needed dinner cooked for him or he wouldn't have any. She didn't use the fender bender to shirk work. Talent will not.
Nothing is more commonplace than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.