Mike McCarthy Quotes

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.'

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

Of all spells that could be cast on a nation, that of believing itself invincible was perhaps the one most profitable broken …

It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations.

It is foolish for anyone to be complacent.

Probably because the first two albums were so successful, we got a little bit smug.

I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

I always say, complacency is the kiss of death.

Beware of being blinded by your own success.

When you are accustomed to winning, when you are used to winning, then afterwards you tend not to have the same level of concentration. Sometimes you go into the games thinking you have already won because you are so strong.

Don't be lulled into complacency.

Woe, to think about having success in your pocket.

Sometimes, you can get too big when you feel too good.

With success comes complacency if you let it happen. It is human nature; there is that urge to think about how well you have done.

If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat.

The minute you think, 'I have done it' or 'I know what is happening,' you will start to go down.

I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

Sometimes success can bring complacency.