Michael Rosbash Quotes

I was a college coach, and I messed up. And I found a way to deal with the consequences and be better.

Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to think: 'Blimey, Ricky, get a grip.'

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.

I was shaped by my mistakes.

I feel in my own life I've made many mistakes. I've failed in many directions.

After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.

I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.

I think when I was in my early twenties and middle twenties I didn't even know I wasn't living up to my potential. A couple of friends told me I wasn't and told me to get my act together, and it made a huge impact on me.

I'm not a regret guy.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Looking inward and understanding where you made mistakes in the past helps you set up for change.

I have a point to prove. Sometimes you have to repair things, and maybe I have a little bit that I need to repair.

I've already made my own mistakes in this game, even in the UFC. I'm just smart about how I make mistakes.

I know I'm going to make mistakes, but you try to minimize them. Don't make the same ones twice.

I made mistakes off the track and have learned from them.

I'm OK with making mistakes as long as I correct them and don't do it again.