Judy Smith Quotes

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

You always have to look at every game and seek to correct mistakes.

You correct the mistakes, and you move on.

When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.

I'm not the kind of guy who will blame other people if things don't work out.

I'm a businessman who puts up his own money, so I don't have time to hear about emotion. I gotta get right to the point. I'm going to tell you the truth, I'm going to address the elephant in the room, and we'll all move forward.

Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them.

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

I've always said that I'm an employee and I respect that status but I'm the type of guy who walks in the front door and I'll walk out the front door if it's not right.

No reasonable American believes that someone can investigate their own boss.

My work ethics have been the same whether it's in international cricket, first class, or even club cricket.

I will say this about the truth - that it's one of those crisis rules, whether you are a client or someone who's living their life just every day - is that the truth has a funny way of not going away, and telling the truth is extremely important in dealing with any problem or crisis.

It's all about being professional. You can't be dwelling on mistakes.

We have too much respect for our father to make a Bush Beer or write books or do anything that's self-serving. I know all of us will avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest with the government and bend over backward to stay out of the news.

When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.

The ability to say 'I was wrong' or to own up to your mistakes is very powerful. I teach my children that admitting fault is the quickest way to stop the problem, move on and get on with whatever it is you should be doing.

Knowing my mistakes and being able to go back to fix them - that helps me out a lot.

Every executive should be able to say four things: 'I don't know,' 'I need help,' 'I was wrong,' and 'Thank you.'

I think that the direct conversation is exactly what companies need to earn trust of customers. Admit an error. Fix a problem. Commit to doing better. That is only human.

I'm OK with making mistakes as long as I correct them and don't do it again.

Americans are calling for a return to common sense in how we solve problems and how the people communicate with their government.

It's really just my Hammurabi code of journalism ethics, that I don't want to ask someone to do something that I won't do myself.

You make mistakes that you want to learn from, that you don't want to happen again, and that's what I try to do.

The important thing is to react well to your mistakes.