Judy Smith Quotes

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.

You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.

I've never been able to control my public image.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

I'd rather make all my secrets public than have an image based on gossip. I'd rather put it out there myself and control it.

When you build your own brand, people will still return your phone calls regardless of the call letters or where you actually work, because they now know you and they trust you in what you have to say and what you're doing. That, to me, is the most important aspect when it comes to building your brand.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

I don't think you've ever heard anything bad about me, and I'd like to keep it that way.

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

People in Seattle and Tacoma know who I am as a person, and I don't think I am a character risk or have a character issue at all.

Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career.

My pride is the length of time I have worked in the industry without any major controversy.

I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.

If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.