Martina Hingis Quotes

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

I made all my mistakes playing with people.

I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.

I make mistakes, and sometimes in split seconds. Then seconds later I know how wrong I was.

I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. I didn't come in thinking, 'Oh God, please. I hope this does well because I have nothing else and I worked so hard at this.'

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. I didn't really want to be an actor. I didn't really love it. And so I made a lot of mistakes. Oddly, I care much more about it now. I feel like a complete novice.

Nobody will use other people's experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

The lessons of experience are always learned too late.

I made a mistake. That happens. It proves I'm human, which you know, for some people, is a revelation.

I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.

If someone were to say, 'Well, what would you have done differently?' I'd say, 'Nothing'. I think you need to make mistakes.

I've gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today.

Okay I've been stupid in the past. Not consistently stupid, but occasionally stupid. And I've made mistakes. You bet, I've made mistakes.

I have the impression that every time I'm heartbroken, I leave a bit of myself behind. I am the believer. I go back and do the same mistakes over and over again and sign them proudly.

The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

I made the wrong mistakes

We all make mistakes. It's human. Just learn from them. Repeating them and being aware of it is the dangerous bit.

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.