Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

I am not one of these guys that looks to the locker room and points fingers. That has never been my MO.

I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.

You know, I'd like to sit here and blame everybody else for my trouble. I just can't do that. I can't find it in myself to do it.

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

I often ask people what I did wrong in the last meeting, because then others feel they have permission to own their mistakes, too.

I know the Chargers made mistakes, but I made a bunch of mistakes myself, and I've got to take responsibility for that.

If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.

I do not speak of specific mistakes because when we win, we all win and when we lose we all lose, they are team mistakes.

If I had the opportunity to give President Trump any advice, and I had to boil it down to one thing, I suppose it would be that nobody ever got better at any job by blaming everybody else whenever anything goes wrong.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

All players have equal duties and merits and share the reward and sometimes the blame.

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.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.

We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today.

Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.