Murray Walker Quotes

When I make an error, it's a very bad day in my house.

Bury your mistakes.

At the end of the day, we're goalkeepers, and we live with making mistakes. We learn from a young age that you can make a mistake at any point.

It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn't made so many mistakes. I'm afraid it's all my fault.

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

We all make mistakes. It's human. Just learn from them. Repeating them and being aware of it is the dangerous bit.

I think that when you’re in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and looking at pictures of stuff you’ve done. But, you know, no one’s perfect, everyone makes mistakes. I have made mistakes and I will make mistakes. I’m only human.

Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes?

I can live with my own mistakes. I can't live with anybody else's.

Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.

People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me.

You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?

Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.

What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done one must suffer; one must try and do better. The world sympathizes only with the strong and the powerful.

Only the mistakes were mine.

A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes

The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them. It's whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.

When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team

I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Yes I make mistakes that I don't ever make excuses for

When you have success on the field, you're more popular and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say. You're still going to make mistakes from time to time, but you represent an even greater population and people are that much more looking for you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or fall down or say something really stupid that's going to get you in trouble.

I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.

You will get something wrong today, and tomorrow, and every day of your life. So will I, and everybody you know. You don’t have a choice about being wrong sometimes: mistakes will be your life-long companion. But you do have a choice about whether to approach your error in terror so you suppress, ignore and repeat it — or to make it your honest, open ally in trying to get to the truth.