If it is true that practice makes perfect, and also true that nobody is perfect, why bother practicing?

Question: If it is true that practice makes perfect, and also true that nobody is perfect, why bother practicing?
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Asked by weheartsciencexo to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 18 Mar 2013.
- James Holloway answered on 18 Mar 2013:
  
  I think ‘practice makes very good’ is probably a more accurate way of saying it. As for people being perfect, it depends on who you ask. Everyone has a different idea of perfection!
- Niall Crawford answered on 18 Mar 2013:
  
  the thing you practice isn’t a person. so a piece of music or whatever it is can be perfect.

Question: If it is true that practice makes perfect, and also true that nobody is perfect, why bother practicing?