Herbert Kaufman Quotes

The most important thing is how the season ends.

My liking for a team isn't based on just how good it was, but how good was it in relation to how good it should have been.

You're not going to put up good numbers every year.

I am not hugely concerned about the amount of goals we score - it is the final results that are the difference.

It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.

Remember, it’s the finish, not the start, that counts the most in life.

How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most.

Outcome is simply the final score: Who won the game; what numbers came up in a roll of the dice; how high did a stock go. Outcome is the result, regardless of the method used to achieve it. It is not controllable.

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

What gets lost is we wouldn't be who we are and as successful as we have been if we didn't have a decent batting average.

The rankings show the players playing the best and most consistent for 12 months.

All good performance starts with clear goals.

How can we say any one actor's work was better than another's?

You're only as good as your last performance.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

I always and strictly tell Nintendo employees never to use the term 'success' to describe our own performance.

For me, you have to prove yourself over 10, 12 or 15 years if you want to be among the best. Do that and then I will congratulate you.

True success in the N.B.A., you must have consistency of culture.

You have to be consistent in your work, consistent in your performances, because, if not, then you might not have as many games as you would like. Less games you play, then less chances to have a clean sheet.

If you do not score, it is difficult to win.