The performance of any airplane is a function of the physics of the flight situation. Doing a great job flying the airplane will not in any way allow you or any pilot to make that airplane do anything it isn’t inherently capable of doing. Poor pilot performance, on the other hand, can be credited with making many an airplane that you could easily land in 1,000 feet take up 5,000 feet of runway and keep right on rolling.
You do need to know what to do, but it’s also important to know what not to do. Here are a few things to avoid:
