Brad Stevens Quotes

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.

I think sometimes in life we rush and only later look back and say, 'Wow, that was something pretty cool that I did,' and we realize we should have been more aware while it was happening.

I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older.

I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There's a certain love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don't have when you're younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.

I look back with a mix of emotions: sadness for the people who are gone, nostalgia for times that have passed, but immense gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that came my way.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

I'm really thankful for every experience I've had, even the ones that were puzzling or disorienting, because they taught me so much.

There is something to be said for being older - and memories.

Going back, I wish I could have been in the moment a little bit more. I can't change it, but hindsight definitely makes me appreciative of the moment now - even if it's hard, or exhausting, it's all a part of the experience.

I definitely do live my life at a different pace now than I used to... I feel like I'm guilty of all the overindulgences of a guy in his 20s and early 30s could've gone through, but I look back on it with great fondness. I don't have a lot of regrets.

I have to remind myself sometimes to look back and see what brought me to where I'm at.

But I had a strong reaction to my first three albums and I struggle with them now, as an adult. It's very much the same as looking at your teenage photos in high school.

As a kid, you don't know what's going on at the time. But once you get older, you start to realize it.

As you get older, you treasure the beautiful things of the past but also see things more clearly.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.

It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way.

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

When you are 16 or 17, you think you are right about everything. But when you are over 20, you realise the mistakes you made at 16 or 18. You learn with age.

There are endless what-ifs that have really made me have an appreciation for my journey and everything I have experienced along the way.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.