Quotes About Consequences

When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that.

Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.

Actually, I never wanted an E.U. referendum, and I think those who called for it will one day wish they hadn't.

I think things happened the way they did for a reason.

I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free.

I could have been banned. That's what I was most scared about. All the hard work being for nothing. It was basically my livelihood and my sport being taken away from me. It was everything.

When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody.

Clearly, freedom does not extend to the right to harm other people.

There is no such thing as a harmless truth.

Any time someone achieves success before they've earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.

I've done a few jobs out there for the money, and I find those jobs have come back to haunt me.

Everything a parent chooses to do in their life will forever haunt their kids.

You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!

Money is a hazard.

With a head coach, you make a mistake and learn. With a king, you make a mistake and get your head bitten off.

There are so many guys that come up and have strong hearts, but they just have to understand what the consequences are and how to execute the things that they learned to make themselves successful.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

The thing about being a kid is you're going to make mistakes in the heat of the moment.

In the heavyweight division, if you get clipped, you're going to sleep.

Fundamentally, adopting rules without any estimate of the impact is the height of arbitrary decision-making.

Everybody just has to be held accountable for their own actions.

If people have done something wrong then they should be held accountable.

You should be held accountable for your actions.

Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.