Quotes About Evaluation

People make up their mind on whether you're a good player over seven games at a World Cup. You're great if you score goals and bad if you don't. I will always believe in myself, and those who doubt me will always continue to do so.

I think every time I'm with the team, even in a World Cup, as a coach, you're constantly evaluating.

World history is a court of judgment.

Movies are great fun and wonderful when they're good. But you never get to see them till six months after they're finished. So you never get a sense of whether they're really well liked or how good they are. And you don't really know what the finished product is going to be like, because it's a director's medium.

It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.

It's happened time and time again, but the committee has always decided against it-the work was too conservative or didn't fit within the budget; there are millions of different reasons.

Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.

In this age of the Internet, if you are going to go see someone, you usually look them up first. It can be an advantage and disadvantage. Most of the time, people can Google you and see a couple clips and say, 'Oh I am going to go.' They can kind of co-sign off on you.

It's going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and put them on the floor. Take them down and spread them in one area. Physically pick each book up, one by one. If the book inspires you, keep it. If not, it goes out. That's the standard by which you decide.

Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.

I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.

From what I've seen he keeps his right side forward, he throws his left hand, throws his left leg and likes to throw a few elbows, but to be honest with you, I'm not very impressed by Darren Till - I think Masvidal is a better fighter. I think he brings more to the table than Darren Till.

It's very hard to be honest with yourself when something's just not working.

Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.'

I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'

Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them.

I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.

I don't watch goalkeepers, to be honest.

To be honest, I don't have much to do in 'Hathyar.' I won't call it a pivotal role.

I think I'm a great defender, to be honest.

You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'

Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.

I'm definitely my worst critic. I guess that's good because it keeps you on your toes.