Quotes About Evaluation

To have a director's direct feedback is invaluable.

I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you can't invent him if he doesn't exist.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.

Assessing management quality is clearly one of the most important aspects of an investment decision.

There is always room for improvement; so I always invite criticism from my audience.

Numbers have always been massive to me. I was told at an early age that if you affect the game, and if your numbers are good in terms of goals, assists, chances created, the manager finds it hard to bring you off or to not involve you.

Once upon a time, if you were going to get a loan from me, I would have had to look at your file, and I would have to make a decision about whether youre going to get a loan. Maybe we would meet and talk about it. There would be some level of human involvement and human interaction. Now, a lot of this is determined by an algorithm.

For any cultural performance involving me, the response from Kolkata is the most critical. If I pass here, I will pass elsewhere.

I know when I'm good and when there are a few things I need to iron out.

There's always going to be people who will criticize my performance. Sometimes, it gets irritating. Sometimes I just brush it off and say these people don't know what they are talking about.

No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.

You cannot judge the performance of an actor in isolation. A performance becomes good because of so many factors, including the other actors.

I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art. That's the way I feel I should be dealt with in this industry.

We Italians are always criticising ourselves.

In Italy they judge you above all on your efficiency.

Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.

You know, you get to a certain age, 45, 50, I don't know when it happens, I said, 'Jesus, all I got is a certain amount of time. Maybe I should think about using it a little better.'

Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

Why did I not join one of the top five clubs in Europe? Because I am no longer one of the top five players around, and neither are Inter among the five best clubs.

Joining McLaren didn't add a lot of pressure but of course you want to make sure you can impress them.