Mark Walter Quotes

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

A lot of people ask me to produce or direct, but I don't think I'm qualified. It's hard enough for a person to do just one thing well in their life. I don't want to do too much.

As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do.

Considering I'm a young president, I wouldn't like to make an evaluation of myself. It's not my job to do that.

The sign of a great leader is knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know.

I cannot do a better job than a journalist. I cannot do a better job than politicians - what I can do is play my football.

I'm not a rapper. I stay in my lane.

I just try to make sure, in everything I do, I do what I'm supposed to be doing in a confident and a humble way at the same time. It's been working for me.

What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough?

I'm even handed. I just point out the stupidity we all do.

I'm never going to be this polished politician. Nor am I going to be perfect.

You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.

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

I have my limitations which I never hide.

As a public figure, you have to maintain a certain demeanor. We also have responsibility to the public, but of course, I'm not perfect. I have a lot of flaws; my husband can tell you that, my friends, even. They know who I am.

No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going to be 1.000. So you don't have the right to verbally talk out about somebody. Look at yourself. Did you do everything you could do? Did you start your day off right? Are you perfect?

Put it this way, people in my position in the UFC, their coaches couldn't tell them to sweep the mats because some people feel like they're better than that. I'm not one of those people. No matter how I am on camera, people who really know me, who know my soul, know I keep that same energy. So ain't nothing change but the change.

Generally speaking, I think one has to take reviews with a grain of salt, unless you know who the person is and what their qualifications are.

I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

Remember, you're not always the professional.

You'd think maybe I can pretend I'm an expert on love, but I'm not.

I think, a lot of times, we talk about asking our players to be accountable. But I know that I'm imperfect. And if I can't admit a mistake, then what does that represent to our guys?

What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion.

My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be honest. And when you're wrong, be a man and say you're wrong. And be strong when you're right.

How do you tell a story that you're a part of without it being a big ego trip?