Robert Burton Quotes

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Rules should not be barriers; they should be guides.

There's probably as many rules of thumb to wrestling as anything in the world, and then there's just as many exceptions to every one of those rules because somebody doesn't fit that thumb.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

I always try to be a universalist, not a specialist.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

I am willing ... when I cannot get all I wish, to take what I can get.

This plan is subject to change without notice as all plans are.

Change comes in various wavelengths. There are changes in the game, changes in the rules of the game, and changes in how the rules are changed

You use whatever lever you have.

You cannot make a perfect law, but you can make a perfectible law.

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

Sometimes we have a match at 11 in the morning, sometimes at 9 P.M. We need to always be adapting; we don't have a match at the same time every week, so it's important to be open with everything.

Not every year is going to be the same and you just kind of have to just roll with the punches.

My personality is I enjoy constant change and mixing it up.

What's good for you one day will not necessarily still be good for you the day after.

Every day is different, and every wicket is different. You cannot take things for granted.

You never know what's going to happen in the NFL. That's probably the thing I've learned most - expect the unexpected and go from there.

Every tournament's different.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.

I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.

Never, never, never think - that's one lesson you should have in life. Never think that lack of variability is stability.

Almost everyone I meet is successful because of doing a lot of things right, and almost everyone I meet is successful in spite of some behavior that defies common sense.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.