Alex Smith Quotes

We are pursuing a course not calculated to promote our real interests, and one that will make us detested in the world.

I've blundered my way through life.

My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.

I remember, when I started acting officially, I was unbelievably green. My first audition tapes were just horrendous.

I feel like I'm a beginner in everything in life.

If you do a bad role in a film, you may not get television offers in future.

I've seen managers come in and lose the first game, you're on the back foot straight away.

As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad temper – or in a hurry.

I've made stupid investments. I've made stupid decisions as an employee. I've made foolish decisions as a manager. I've gotten fired. I've lost businesses. I went through all of those things.

I'm not naive. It's football. You're going to make mistakes.

There is no worse situation to enter competition than losing the home opener.

Failure affects me hard.

We were kind of young and a little naive when we first started out in the business.

You learn more from your setbacks than from your successes.

Losses are always bad. They're always tough. Doesn't matter what year.

We were pretty crappy in the beginning. We really didn't sound that great.

I know that there are many people who are hoping that things don't go well for me.

At the beginning of my career, I can honestly say there were a few things I was doing wrong, and I was wondering why I was going a little bit off track.

I failed my exams and my driving test. I failed to get into the Foreign Office and drama school. The big F was dominant in my early years.

You'll go down a dark road if you just dwell on every time you screw up. We play a very fickle position. If I make nine kicks out of 10, people are going to talk about the one I missed.

I cherished every moment with the national team - the good ones and the bad ones - because you learn from your mistakes.

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

My father said, '10 minus one is zero.' It means that even if you do good things 10 times, it is no use when you do some bad thing once. But it doesn't mean that I think I have positive image, so I always need to be careful about what I'm doing. I don't want to frame myself.

Obviously, when you drop a ball early in the game, it could be worse. You can go on to drop many more balls or stuff like that.