Jon Taffer Quotes

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

Excuses destroy success every time.

Nine out of ten people who are failing blame their failure on somebody else. And that is the common denominator of failure.

It's not the time to look for excuses.

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

You cannot make progress with excuses.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

Michael Jordan taught me after our game of one-on-one: A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse. When excuses are no longer an option, you can focus your attention on the job you have to do, and not why it didn't get done.

I feel that if I absolve myself and say it was the Astros' fault I was bad in Game 7, in the World Series, I can't develop as a person.

It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers.

You can blame outside factors or make excuses about why things didn't work out, but that doesn't change anything.

Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.

My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.