Don Mattingly Quotes

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

I'm usually very critical of myself.

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

I am critical of myself.

I'm very critical of myself.

I'm always looking at things and seeing how I can improve upon them. I think it's my responsibility to focus on how I can do better, as opposed to what I've done well.

The only way you can learn is by analysing yourself and taking in your mistakes.

Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself.

It is always good to self-analyse and be self-critical. That is how I've got through so far and improved.

I am very self-critical and always will be. I think this makes me want to improve, always. But just because I'm self-critical and say what I thought of my performance in a game, it doesn't mean I will bring myself down, ever.

The criticism is what I expect, honestly, because I'm criticizing myself every day when I come in here and watch that film. I'm trying to get better.

I am my own biggest critic.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

I'm so super-critical of everything that I do.

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can.

I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.