Barack Obama Quotes

There's always something that you go 'I should've done this better, I would've done that.'

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

I did some mistakes; I accept that - I always accept my mistakes. For sure, we are looking forward to improve, to deliver my best as always.

Where I Was Wrong

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.

Something good happens or something bad, I think, 'What can I do better? What didn't I do this year?'

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?'

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

I used to drive myself crazy by thinking, three days later, 'Ugh, why didn't I play it like that? Ugh, now that line makes sense to me.'

Mistakes were made, so I learned by my mistakes.

There's a lot of things I could've done better, and I regret not doing better. I do know I always gave it my best shot.

Look, I'm my own worst critic. I've made mistakes in areas that I need to improve - most notably, turning the ball over.

Everyone's disappointed when they don't feel like they play well or they make a mistake. I'm the first one to hold my hand up and try and rectify that in training or the next game.

I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that.