Ricky Hatton Quotes

God knows I tried to make it earlier in life, but with all due respect to myself, nothing I ever did was any good.

It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Just because somebody makes a mistake doesn't make them useless.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.

Looking good is the best revenge.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

I don't talk about my past; people ask me about it. I've done things I'm ashamed of, but one thing I can honestly say is that things I've done that I regret, I've never done twice. I work really hard at that.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.

Mistakes you can learn from; sins stay with you forever.

We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at.

Time solves most of these things, and today, most people think he did the right thing.

I made some choices that weren't right in the past. It cost me in terms of my confidence and everything.

There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.

The more you shine, the more positively people start looking at you.

After 'Socha Na Tha' flopped, nobody wanted to work with me. I became very bitter and angry. So now when the industry and the audience accept me, I feel more empowered.

I've done things that weren't good, you know, but I made up for my mistakes.

I've made some bad mistakes in life.

All I could do was try to build a new life and find a way somehow to repair some of the damage. People had every reason to doubt my sincerity, but most of them didn't. And - given my history, it was more than I could've hoped for - forgiveness and the benefit of the doubt. It still amazes me.

the only revenge worth having is success.

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.