Nigel Pearson Quotes

There will come a day when someone calls to tell me my column's been binned, and that will be a really hard day, and I've already got it set up so that they'll ring someone else first - because I don't want to be given that news when I'm walking down the street, because it will be really heartbreaking.

The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.

'High Stakes' was a very bad movie that I was cast in as a lead.

It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired.

It's failure, really, that you grow by, although nobody likes to experience it.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

I don't remember all my successes, but I do remember failures.

One loss is not the end of my career.

I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.

I've failed a lot in my career.

I accept that I didn't play very well in Italy for the two years. It was lower than my Ajax standard. I don't know why.

Any experience you have, there are good parts of it and bad parts, and you have to learn from the bad parts and the mistakes that you've made.

In 2005, I played Count Fosco in 'The Woman In White' on Broadway. It was a disaster. I was physically run down and terribly homesick and I just knew I had to leave. I lasted three months before the producers released me.

The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.

In all honesty, I hope I don't coach again.

I did feel bad when 'Himmatwala' and 'Humshakals' didn't work, but I have moved on.

It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more.

I became a starter in Portland, and then I lost my spot, but for what reason? It wasn't explained to me. I thought it was unfair.

I had spent four years at Le Havre, and when they told me they weren't keeping me, because I wasn't good for the second division, that hit me hard.

When 'Fitoor' didn't work, it affected me a lot. It hurts when a film doesn't do well.

Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

I cherish the dreams of yesterday and dare not dwell on the err's of my past whose fate has been long decided, and effect I can not change. For the dreams of yesterday are the challenges of today, and the hope for tomorrow.