David Moyes Quotes

God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

I must myself be the judge, how long to retain in, and when to remove any of you from, his position. It would greatly pain me to discover any of you endeavoring to procure another's removal, or in any way to prejudice him before the public. Such endeavor would be a wrong to me, and much worse, a wrong to the country.

If someone tells me something and asks me to keep it a secret, I always do.

I think Pique, apart from the odd personal remark, has never had a bad opinion about any of my teammates at Real Madrid, but obviously, when he attacks Real Madrid, our club, and our institution, it kind of tarnishes all of the rest of what he says.

What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

I don't get into the book-telling business of conversations I have with the president. That's not my style, and I don't think that's a responsible thing to do.

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent.

I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very honest person.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

I don't mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on people's face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if you're always going to sell out to the highest bidder.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.

I'm good at keeping secrets.

I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends.

Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.

I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.