Knute Rockne Quotes

Don't take rejection personally.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you're not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you're going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four.

I think my favorite fact about myself is that I have never been dismayed by a critic's bilge or bile, and have never once in my life asked or thanked a reviewer for a review.

It used to worry me what people said about me. I'm learning not to worry as much. Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don 't take objection to it, because that's the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

I know many of the critics and I don't think of them as God-like figures. What can they do to hurt me? Sure, I might be slightly embarrassed for a day, but then you just go your own way.

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.

I said, God, the press and people, they just really hate me and I'm really trying. Geraldine Page said, Listen to this, Tab. If people don't like you, that's their bad taste.

The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.

Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what you stand for. I can't worry about that.

I don't listen to what people say about me and I don't read what they write about me. People can compare me to anyone they want to, but I'm not going to worry about it.

When there's so many haters and negative things, I really don't care.

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

I don't care what people say about me.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction.