Unlike most players who become major leaguers, he had not exhibited outstanding athletic talent through the early years of high school.
He also exhibited great artistic talent for sketches and paintings.
However, they continued to exhibit great talent and produced outstanding results.
Cuba has a strong artistic tradition, fostered by a system that provides free higher education to those who exhibit talent.
Many students exhibit talent in public speaking, drama, music and the visual arts.
He began composing at the age of 13, and immediately exhibited exceptional talent in that field too.
During this period he also started learning to draw from his half-brother Rudolph and exhibited great talent.
Even as a child, he exhibited striking musical talent.
John had exhibited little talent for governing and he is said to have desired to become a priest.
Even in his earliest works, he exhibited great talent for drawing and an idiosyncratic style.