Viv Richards Quotes

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.

I am grateful for even the sharpest criticism as long as it addresses the point.

I like constructive criticism from smart people.

In some cultures, like Middle Eastern, Egyptian, or Asian cultures, people are often hesitant to give any negative feedback.

Players like people saying good things about them and, of course, no one is ever wrong when they do that, but they always are when they say bad stuff.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

You can learn a lot from criticism if you can take what's constructive out of it. If you read a review that starts with, 'This person is an idiot; who do they think they are?', you're not going to learn anything from that.

I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I never wish for critics.

If I love a comic but they have an off night, who am I to say they should have taken out this or added that? It doesn't work that way... I have no interest in hurting people's feelings.

Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression.

People ask ... for criticism, but they only want praise.

It is a grand thing to get advice and criticism of people who really want to make more useful such things as any of us poor scribes write for the general public. There is just one bit of cheer, however, no matter how much we improve, everyone will never be pleased and therefore we may hope that everyone will never be displeased either.

I know that, often, people in entertainment are surrounded by 'yes' men who tell you everything is 'go.' That's never been an issue for me.