John Engler Quotes

I try and do the right things most of the time and let the chips fall where they may.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to know I've played for good football teams.

As President I'll make mistakes because I'm going to do things ... and people who do things err.

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long-term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values.

You can't be ashamed of the work you've done. You make a decision, and then you have to live with the consequences.

Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

I've already made my own mistakes in this game, even in the UFC. I'm just smart about how I make mistakes.

Nine out of ten people who are failing blame their failure on somebody else. And that is the common denominator of failure.

If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.

Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions - and find it much easier to work a lot harder - when your ultimate goal is ultimate success.

Excuses destroy success every time.

I am comfortable with doing mistakes. It's a normal thing. If a mistake happens because of my own decision, I am OK with it.

If you're trying to avoid one move that you don't think is going to work out, don't then settle for a different move that maybe doesn't check all the boxes. Be true to the philosophy and understand the bigger picture. There's always another day to fight.

I was raised, right or wrong, you make a decision and you don't quit. You fight your way through it; that's what you did.

I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.

When people really understand it's do or die [and] if we work hard and pull through, it's going to be a great outcome; people will give it everything they've got.

Leaders who practice the Law of Victory believe that anything less than success is unacceptable. And they have no Plan B.

Don't make excuses, make good.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.