Lane Kiffin Quotes

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.

I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.

It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.

I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.

I'm the same way with the media as I am to everyone else.

I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.

Let's be clear: there was no golden age of journalism. The media has always been bad. And instead of improving, it spent a lot of time and energy making up its own myth.

The media do not analyse the game. They analyse the result.

During my playing days, when I used to see the repeat telecast of my matches, I used to feel bad on hearing criticism of my game by the commentators.

I obviously can't read, watch and listen to everything. But of the media members I follow, all are pro-LeBron - most of them passionately so - and most are extremely slow to criticize him and quick to give him a pass.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

I feel a lot of people working in the media don't know how much of a student of the game I am. They don't know that if we play on a Saturday, the first thing I do when I get home is watch the other games, watch the other leagues.

The Indian media has a very negative approach and very negative thoughts.

I haven't done great things for Spain - I can't lie - but when I play well, they should say so. They criticise me for my character, but I also have quality.

I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.

Unless I play like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, it'll be hard to give myself 100 out of 100.

By giving students the proper tools to analyze the media they consume, we can empower them to make informed decisions.

I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.

It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about the media's role in society.

Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy.

What I don't like too much really is individual comments about the performances of the players after the game.