Robert Teeter Quotes

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

A reputation is really hard to live down.

How I say it has as much of an impact on what people think of me as what I say.

I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not.

I have noticed that nothing that I never said ever did me any harm.

We need to become more acutely conscious that words matter. None of us would deny that ideas and opinions matter, but we can sometimes be careless about how we express them. The words we choose to advance an idea, opinion, or point of view have a huge impact on how people react and respond to that view. When we use hyperbole, we increase the chances of being misunderstood and of promoting equally exaggerated counter-reactions, especially when people are reacting almost instantaneously.

I have to live with what I say, or don't say, tens of thousands of times a game.

How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

It's kinda all about image.

There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

Those whose deeds have once incurred our hatred, can never become entitled to our regard; nor can those who have once merited our affection ever after absolutely cancel their claim.

It’s not what you say; it’s what people hear.

In a campaign, impressions can be much more important than facts and debate.

The message that you're portraying, that's what drives the type of people that follow you.

You definitely have to think of the perception of things before you actually do certain things. It may not seem like it's a big deal to you yourself, but there's a bigger picture.

Nothing annoys me more than uninformed people not considering the effects of what they say.

I don't speak about rumours every day in the press, because it's not necessary to tell everybody the same answer.

Everyone remembers the last thing you did.

Your image in sports will always matter.

Human communication above and beyond the words that we say is so nuanced. It makes it difficult to not only analyze the vocabulary you use but the intention behind it. That's something even humans have difficulty doing, let alone a robot.

You really have to think a lot before speaking, and the things that are written about you, sometimes you might not like it.