Diego Costa Quotes

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

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

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.

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

I always like to remind myself that the most honorable people of all are not those who never make mistakes, but those who admit to them when they do and then move on and do their best to right the wrongs they have made.

When you lose, you have to look at yourself and ask 'where did I lose?' Do I need to change teams or something?

The people say I have to change? Well, the people have to tell me what I should do to change.

I attempt to do my best and do what's right, but that doesn't mean I'm always right.

I know the mistakes I made against Gustafsson and I won't do that again.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

...in some ways I relied on that- someone to keep me thinking, keep me striving to do better, keep me from burying my head and praying it all worked out.

It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it.

Generally someone will eventually tell you that you have to do something to help yourself.

Don't make excuses - make improvements!

Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

Once we become aware of our issues and challenges, we become accountable to do something about it.

It would be wonderful to have a guru; it would be like having a social worker or a personal trainer, not that people who had either of these necessarily appreciated the advice they received.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.

We're all hypocrites. We all say one thing and do another. But why don't we try to do what we say more than what we don't?

I want to be held accountable. I want my teammates and my coaches to push me to be the best that I can be.