Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

Mistakes do happen and life goes on.

It's the same with success and failure. There's always the momentum thing, but you just have to put whatever happened in the past behind you.

I always preach you have to have a short memory, whether it is good or bad.

I always assess what's my fault, but I don't dwell on mistakes, I never have; it's not part of my make up. I know what I am and know what I can do. You just move on.

For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, 'yesterday ended last night.' It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I learned something very important early on: You accept what happens and move on. In other words, if I hit a bad shot, I can't change it. There is only the next shot. That was a big lesson.

You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

You don't have to worry about what happened last year; you can start fresh.

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value.

Dwell on the past and you will lose an eye. Forget the past and you will lose both eyes.

I think we all agree, the past is over.

Your past should not be a life sentence.

If you're not getting it perfect, life is still going to go around. The world still turns. It's going to be OK. Tomorrow is a new day.

I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.

Certainly, there were tough times, but no, you can't go back and change it. So, why dwell on it?

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.

Things happen. You just have to accept it and move on. I get that from my dad. He's a real chilled character.

I don't care how my past was or what I had to go through.