Jason Moran Quotes

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.

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

Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.

I never judge myself according to the expectations of others. I judge myself by the jobs I've been given over the years and by the extent to which I succeeded in those jobs.

You are always chasing yourself, if you have testing sessions you test it out then but it's also a thing of growing a team.

At the end of the day, I write down an 'L' or a 'W,' whether or not the day was a 'Loss' or if it was a 'Win.' It really bothers you to have to write down an 'L.' An 'L' looks like a day I ate a lot of junk food, or I didn't work out when I was supposed to or train when I was supposed to train, or if I felt that I had a bad performance in the ring.

All I need to worry about is have I done better than my previous film or not.

You can always criticise people, the players are aware we can improve in a number of areas.

You're always trying to make each record more autobiographical than the last one.

I don't care if it was 2 o'clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn't be able to sleep.

It's such a privileged thing to say, but I'm still that same lazy person!

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

I love Bollywood, I love films, and I like to push myself, which motivates me to work harder.

I have to do films for myself, films that make me learn. I also have to be an entertainer.

The best New Year's resolution I ever made was probably to, like, pursue fashion in the spirit that I have now.

You learn a lot as a coach when you sit back and tell someone what to do, and then you realize, 'Hey, I need to start doing that myself.' I think coaching can improve a fighter's game tremendously.

I just try to do my best each and every game. I feel like I've gotten better in every aspect. Just have to continue to work, continue to watch film and learn each and every day.

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

There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.

Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.

I have to believe in myself, set goals for myself, set expectations for myself, and continue to work for those goals every single day.

Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.

Obviously, maturity helps, knowing that you definitely have to make every day a good day. If not, somebody else is out there putting in the work.