John Daly Quotes

You're only as good as your last pass.

Everything has to be perfect in my business. Because when there is a mistake I am the one who is responsible.

Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.

The fear of letting people down - that's the drive. Sir Alex, I think, if he was brave enough to say it, he would say the same, but in his eyes, the motivating factor is that you want to be the best.

We do the best we can and the great thing about this sport is every two weeks you know whether it is good enough or not.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

The NFL doesn't like mistakes.

I cannot afford to make mistakes.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high.

When you have success on the field, you're more popular and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say. You're still going to make mistakes from time to time, but you represent an even greater population and people are that much more looking for you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or fall down or say something really stupid that's going to get you in trouble.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

The more successful you are, the more mistakes you will make. People who don't do anything, don't make mistakes.

Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.

That's the problem with folks nowadays. Nobody takes responsibility for their actions. Make a mistake and you pay for it. That's life.

Perfection is a polished collection of errors.

I stand by every mistake I've ever made, so judge away.

Everyone can err, but Stalin considered that he never erred, that he was always right. He never acknowledged to anyone that he made any mistake, large or small, despite the fact that he made not a few mistakes in the matter of theory and in his practical activity.

Everyone makes mistakes - mistakes are correctable.

I've made mistakes. More than my share. Hopefully, I've learned from them, but can't guarentee anything. There's only one thing I can promise. I'm taking this to the end." -Bobby Pendragon

There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Remind yourself that failure is nothing more than a means to a greater end. Bide your time, learn from your mistakes, and lead by example. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will show.

Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.