Mookie Betts Quotes

If we all leap before we crawl, we might fall.

I've always zoomed through life in a vain attempt to keep up with my sprinting brain. If I have to choose between doing something quickly and doing it right, I often select the speedier option.

When you're 20, we all make stupid and impulsive decisions.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

Haste is blind and improvident.

He who decides in haste repents in haste.

Human error is usually the result of impatience.

My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

When people feel vulnerable, they make slapstick decisions.

Every time I've rushed into something, that's usually when I have regrets.

When you are nervous, then you can rush things, and you don't do things as well as you'd like.

Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.

It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.

You know, at that age you want to show everyone else how wild you are. It's a combination of being bored, looking for a cheap thrill and being really stupid - a dangerous combination.

I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

I don't mean to be accident prone, but my excuse is if you really want to get somewhere you have to go full gas.