Quotes About Improvement

Tearing down is always easier than building up

Direct action, straightforward statements; obviously, those were the keys to improving my life.

I've never been happy with the quality of my work. I always felt as though my musicianship was lacking and that I should have worked harder at it when I was younger. As I sang and sang, I improved.

My golf game is lacking big time.

I didn't like it as a player when I felt a coach was fudging the reasons for leaving me out. As a player, I wanted to know where I was lacking in my game and where I could improve in order to get back in the team.

Melissa and I both say we don't write very good jokes.

Not playing guitar on 'World On Fire' gave me additional time to fine-tune lyrics and melodies, which improved the songs in the end. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Football is important, but my family and faith are also important, and no matter how good a football player I am, I knew I still needed to be a good member of the church. Having that spiritual connection helped me throughout the season. It brought balance. I felt better about myself and saw improvements in all aspects of my life.

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

My older brothers, they know how to keep my head straight and be thinking about what I need to do on the court. Now I have that in me, that mentality, that I want to get better and better every game. Thanks to them, they showed me the way.

When I couldn't play at West Ham, I kept my mentality, and I went to train every day to be a better player.

My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.

Luke Walton was the worst coach ever for Lonzo 'cause he had a losing mentality.

I took the time to mentally figure out what I needed to do to be the best basketball player I could be for my team.

I think one of the hardest things to do in the league is not having a great year, but it's having a better year when you had a great year. All the attention is going to be on you, all the pressure is going to be on you. The challenge you're going to have is more mentally than anything else.

I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.'

I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day.

The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.

I'm never happy about anything, playing-wise. I always think there's things I messed up on, things I should've done differently that could've, A, made us win, or B, made the win easier.

I was a college coach, and I messed up. And I found a way to deal with the consequences and be better.

Of course you cannot make a Messi or a Maradona. But even players who are not considered very skilful, if you coach them in a certain way you can make them better.

When you are playing against Lionel Messi day to day in training it forces you to improve your level.

I have a good understanding with him. I've improved a lot with him. I hope Messi can stay for many years at Barcelona.

For some reason, I always wanted to work in an environment where things weren't so good. I'm no messiah, but I always wanted to try and make a difference where a team hadn't prospered.