Ruben Santiago-Hudson Quotes

It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a long way.

Well certain managers will see you make mistakes and they'll tell you about it and then they've told you once and if you do it again, then it's up to you.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.

Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying.

Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.

It's not my job to hold your hand. It's my job to take motivated people and show them how to become better.

We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.

It can be more productive to help people learn to be 'right' than prove they were 'wrong.'

People who can actually challenge me and push me and almost push me to breaking point and extract a performance out of me, I really enjoy that.

Our message to parents is to focus on the process the child engages in, such as trying hard or focusing on the task - what specific things they're doing rather than, 'You're so smart. You're so good at this.' Although it's never too late to change, what you do early matters.

The mystery is cool, but, at the same time, if I'm trying to empower people, I have to be an open book. You can see my flaws, the mistakes I've made. From that, make your own judgment and move on your own path.

I often ask people what I did wrong in the last meeting, because then others feel they have permission to own their mistakes, too.

The best thing you can do is learn from those mistakes so that you continue to get better. That's the management style or leadership style I believe in, which is push people to their limit such that they can become better than they thought they could be. That certainly has helped me.

I always try to improve in every aspect and learn from my errors.

I am just a beginner. The two films so far are baby steps. If I develop an attitude, I'll be finished even before I've started. Besides, if I started misbehaving, my folks would give me a tight slap.

We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying them is the best way to get results out of them is just ludicrous.

I will take every constructive criticism, make it my own, learn from my mistake, and go forward.

The truth is, gymnastics is a beautiful sport that has allowed me to grow and learn invaluable life lessons: sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Eventually, it led me to my voice.