Jose Reyes Quotes

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

I believe God put that desire inside of all of us so that we can evaluate ourselves in the light of His Word in order to become all that He created us to be.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me.

If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

Some of the things I'm most proud of, it isn't because I think it's my best work; it's because of something that it's taught me.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational.

I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.

There's nothing exceptional about me, but there's something exceptional about Jaime Lannister, and I think that's what's interesting.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

When you're younger, you kind of assume you'll be fine at whatever. Then you get older, and you're either unsuccessful and you wonder why, or you're successful and you wonder why.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

I'm at the point where you look back on your life and reflect. I've always been an unbelievable critic of me. If we lost a game, I blamed myself every night. I'm very proud of some of the things I did as an athlete, as an executive.

When you experience difficulty at work or in your life, instead of looking back on it as something that was really challenging, look at it and ask yourself, 'What wisdom did I learn from that?'

You always have some weaknesses, if you're entirely happy it means you're under-driving it.

I've always said given a chance, with me being 100 per cent and none of the niggling injuries I always seem to pick up now and then, that I can compete with anyone in the league who is challenging in my position.