Duncan Jones Quotes

I never judge myself according to the expectations of others. I judge myself by the jobs I've been given over the years and by the extent to which I succeeded in those jobs.

I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.

If I'm judged against my peers, rather than anyone else we could both think of, then I reckon I deserve to make records.

If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.

I think everybody has a moment in their career where you have to test whether it was right or wrong. We've all been there. I've looked back at performances of my own, where only you know if it is something you want to repeat. As long as you know when it's not right that you don't repeat it all the time.

We define our success internally.

At the end of the day, I write down an 'L' or a 'W,' whether or not the day was a 'Loss' or if it was a 'Win.' It really bothers you to have to write down an 'L.' An 'L' looks like a day I ate a lot of junk food, or I didn't work out when I was supposed to or train when I was supposed to train, or if I felt that I had a bad performance in the ring.

I feel like interviews are the only time I actually analyze my own work.

I do not take to the field to defend myself from certain criticisms. If I do, in this kind of career, it is because I'm very self-critical.

All I need to worry about is have I done better than my previous film or not.

Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.

One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it.

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

Your team will get stronger when you begin to build yourself. Teams are made up of individuals who work together . . . and get their own job done. What are you doing to be sure that your job is being done perfectly?

Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am.