Jack Wilshere Quotes

When somebody on a professional scale says "you did it wrong," it has a pretty intense impact. If you don't have some kind of opposing force to say, "that's all right, that's their opinion," or, "I may have screwed that one up but I'll do better the next time," then you're screwed.

Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.

I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result.

Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.

It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

I used to take it much more to heart. Now I realise that negativity has almost everything to do with the person delivering it and very little to do with you yourself.

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

Criticism only hurts when there's some truth in it.

Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it.

I'll take criticism. I know that's part and parcel of football. But when it's just reckless and aggressive, I don't listen.

In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've made, and that's OK. I think as long as you learn from your mistakes and don't make them over and over again, you're on the right path.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Sure, I'm ashamed of a lot of the things I did, but at the same time, I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't gone through those experiences.

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learned.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on.