Lane Kiffin Quotes

Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

It is always nice to reflect on how one started.

Like everybody, I've stayed up at night regretting things - Why did I do that, say that - but at the end of the day, I really do believe everything happens for a reason.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

In college I was so mad I wasn't playing. The two guys in front of me were Billy Volek and David Carr, but I just realized that was a blessing in disguise, that I was so bad and I never played, so my brain's good.

In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

I've done a lot of growing up and realized a lot of things.

Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I know now had I not.

The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination. ... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life.

Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.

Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger

Not that I was ever an asshole but I used to be much more of a bulldozer.

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

I've always tried to maintain that I don't have any advice to give. I'm a curious observer.

This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation.