Excuses Quotations

If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.

America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better.

Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.

We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'

We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.

As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n' roll and jazz standards.

It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.

We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.

UK Sport and the government have delivered and there can be no excuses now. There are not many nations in the world that have the same backing. It's scary because all the obstacles have been removed and there is nothing for us to hide behind.

We were anything but nervous. They are a loose group. Maybe they're too loose. And we were healthy. No excuses for our play tonight.

We want the program to get better and better and better. We don't want to have any excuses anymore as to why Council Rock isn't what it used to be.

We did have mental breakdowns. There are no excuses for that.

There are no excuses not to win, this is the playoffs for us. You don't ever want to say it was OK when we lost the game, but I'm not going to beat myself up or question how we've been playing of late. We're going to keep our head high and keep pushing the way we've been going of late.

There are no excuses for getting blown out like that. Your competitiveness makes you try to find a way to play and to try and get back into the game. You take a game like that personally. I never expect to get beat by 30.

There are no excuses for failing on that. You can't get any closer.

There are no excuses for a performance like that. I think they just thought it was going to get done and somebody else was going to do it. Unfortunately, the person who did it was the entire Cal team. Nobody from Oregon stepped up today.

There are no excuses and there will be no excuses on Wednesday night in a game for the fans. It is a massive game for the players as well, a derby match and our biggest game of the season.

There is a limit to entertaining excuses. The package of excuses may have now run out.

When you're 0-4, things just aren't going your way. We're just not getting it done, our record indicates that, and I'm not going to make any excuses for it.

Senators, don't be fooled by the president's excuses and spin control, ... The facts and the evidence clearly show that he knew what he was doing was to deceive everyone, including the grand jury. He and his defenders are still in denial. They will not accept the consequence of his repeated and criminal attempts to defeat the judicial process.

She was tired in her body and soul of the indignities of being black in America. She was weary of the excuses and violence. She was sick and tired of racism.

Most people like"If the people wants there's a lot of ways but if the people has no interest there's a lot of reason & excuses

One definition of a coward is simply, someone who makes a lot of excuses. Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.

Maybe the five days (off) will do me good in the long run. It (the Olympics) was a great experience. Up until the last game we were in every game. You can make all the excuses in the world but good teams find a way to win and we never did that.

Obviously that's three too many penalties. We have to weigh the production of what (Whitticker) is doing compared to what he's giving up. Three pretty important penalties, so I have to consider that. Not to make excuses for a rookie, but he is doing some pretty good things. He knows his assignments, is a pretty physical player. I think he will continue to get better. That doesn't mean we're going to stay with him if this persists.

No excuses this time. All of us have been up there and know what it's like to play on that court, to play under those lights, and to play in front of a big crowd. I think our team will go out there and treat it like another basketball game they need to win ?nothing more.

No excuses here. Our scores have to come up,

Nobody can make excuses now. We have everybody back. It's time to go to work and play like we know how.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

I could stand here and give you all sorts of excuses about why I had the season I did in 2003-04, but I have vowed to be proactive ... in everything I do this season,

I am very sorry and I deeply regret my actions on Sunday. In the heat of a tense game, I lost my head and made a bad decision. I'm not making excuses for my actions and I take full responsibility for what I did. I want to take this opportunity to apologize to Loren Stokes, who I have great respect for. I also want to say I'm sorry to Hofstra University's players, coaches and fans. They played a terrific game and that should not be overshadowed by what I did.

I hate really making excuses for what happened, but he didn't catch many breaks. Jeremy didn't have things go his way. He's a pinpoint control pitcher and just fell behind a couple of hitters and didn't execute a perfect game plan.

I feel really angry because the excuses the EU gave are ridiculous.

I can't make any excuses up. As a coaching staff, we have not done a good enough job of adjusting to the things we need to adjust to, whether it be the schedule, whether it be an injury, whether it be end-of-the game situations with guys tired or not tired. We've got to find a way to do a better job, because we're a good enough team to get it done.

I can only guess at the excuses that will be offered by people who profit by engaging in an obvious fraud, by invading personal privacy, and by assisting criminal behavior.

I don't think it shows much dignity to make excuses after you get your butts kicked. It was like they're everywhere and our feet were stuck in mud.

For various reasons and excuses we were missing a lot of players and won this game with a lot of young kids on the field. It's a good feeling.

If it were not for losers, there would be nothing for the enabler to do. Their sole purpose in life is making excuses for the losers. The enablers are amazing. They have a ready made excuse for everything.

I got a question, ... Do you got any excuses tonight, Roy?

We can make all the excuses we want but part of it is we don't have many sophomores out there and we've got a lot of freshmen out there playing college basketball for the first time. Sometimes going through something like this gives you a comfort level the next time.

We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.

We expect to get the job done. There won't be any excuses being made.

We talked after the game, but that's enough talking. We just have to go out there and get it done now. We can't say anything else about it. Everybody's been making excuses about the losses that we have (after) losing Greg and Marcus, but with my teammates, I have a lot of confidence in them. I think they have confidence in themselves, too. We just have to start showing it now.

We've been traveling like crazy. It's been really hard for our guys. I'm not making excuses for them. Their legs are gone; their minds are a little quirky, and it's hard for them because of their youth and lack of experience to make adjustments game in and game out. But there were some veteran-type responses (Wednesday against South Dakota State).

We talk about no excuses because we've all had some sort of adversity that we've had to deal with in our lives and that's there to make us stronger and not to be used as a crutch. Erin is an extremely talented player. I've changed her around to play her at the two (guard) to get her scoring a little more.

He's done a great job there. He has a team that puts constant offensive and defensive pressure on you. They're deep. They run. They're quick. They're just a relentless team. A lot of that has to do with his personality. That's how he coaches, and he doesn't accept excuses when it comes to effort.

We lost the ball game in the first half. I don't have any excuses for this team. I don't know when they're going to show up and play.

Human beings have used their incredible abilities to develop a staggering array of limiting beliefs, justifications and excuses for every occasion. What a waste!

I think the best thing they could have done is give a simple 'sorry, we made a huge mistake.' Versus trying to make up a bunch of excuses about why they did it.

It is something we have to address. We aren't going to win many close games by making those types of plays. Those were routine plays and there are no excuses for the way we're kicking the ball around right now.

I think it's outrageous. I think they're making excuses so they can keep raising it.

I think that lingered. I think every week, different guys had different excuses why we were losing. And it happened over and over again.

I was wrong. The main reason I said it (a year ago) was to eliminate any excuses we had around here. (But) I didn't realize what other schools have done with facilities. We don't have everything in place.

I will make no excuses for what I did, and I accept full responsibility for my actions. I let down a lot of people, mainly myself.

I was kind of hoping she would get back in there because I didn't want any excuses later.

Our pitch is top-class and the lads enjoy playing on it. I'm sure we are a better team at home although I'm not making any excuses for last Saturday's unexpected defeat at Tow Law Town which was only our third in 29 games.

Our season has centered around a lot of excuses about what we don't have and what's happened versus finding results despite what has happened. That's not to minimize how good Tracy is, certainly. Yet I feel we could have responded better. Take Yao out of the picture. Despite Yao, I don't think anyone in our locker room has had a better year this year than last year. That's on me, and that's on them.

Playing at 9 a.m. is fine for us. We were able to practice at our gym this morning and felt good when we got here. Anyone who makes excuses about the time shouldn't be playing here.

People who take responsibility for all they create are able to quickly sort truth from fiction in their lives, and in the communication they're receiving from those around them, by using the simple litmus test of based on results. Wishing and hoping, reasons and excuses will never tell you the truth. If you say you intend to have a happy marriage, have you got one? If you say you want to earn a degree from a good university, have you done it? If you say you want ten million dollars, do you have it? If you don't have what you say you want, then how come? You've either got the results you say you want, or you have reasons to explain why not. Developing a rigorous and honest relationship with results moves you powerfully toward creating your extraordinary life.

My party is going to have to decide whether we are going to continue to make excuses for Tom to the detriment of Republicans seeking election.

I think Purdue played really well. There weren't any holes in their lineup. It was indoors, it was fast and it was on their home court. All excuses aside, we just couldn't finish the matches.

I think others might suggest he just ran out of excuses why he hasn't gone

We never make excuses with injures. We would love to have Josh out there. Same with Devin. (But) we should have won the game with the guys that we had.

That was one of the excuses that was given last time -- that Planned Parenthood was a political organization, therefore we could not be included. They're (Alpha Center) out there clearly lobbying and politically involved in that way.

That's the NBA life for you. You've got no excuses not to be ready - get the smell off your body, ice on your knees and get back into it.

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

We have to turn it around quickly because it will be real hard to get to where we want with a 1-2 record to start off the season. So we have to turn it around quickly and there's really no excuses for what happened against Florida. They just beat us.

We'll try to have the same mindset for Game 2 as we did Game 1. Now hopefully all the excuses are gone and we can keep going.

We played well, and one thing we've been working on is playing well as a team. We've started picking it up a little bit. The kids have stopped making excuses and have done a good job of picking it up." ()

We've had excuses for part of the year, but we don't have excuses now. This is a game we need to win, period.

We have to play in it; they have to play in it, too. Even in training camp, that's one of the things Coach Shanahan talked about. He said, 'Well, the condition's going to change from place to place.' You can't say, 'Well, it was raining. The field was muddy. It was too cold. It was hot.' You can't use those excuses because they're playing in the same situations.

We can't keep making excuses going into competitions because with the talent we have in our country we have to go into this competition with the aim of going as far as we can.

We just didn't get in sync offensively. You can make all the excuses in the world about the conditions, but the bottom line is that we didn't do enough to win.

We have the governor once again using his delay tactics and dog-ate-my-homework excuses for not enforcing (the) law.

We know they're out, but we can't make excuses about it. We just have to go out there and play our game and battle with the guys we've got.

Two years ago, when gasoline cost $2 a gallon, the industry said to give it time and prices would settle down. Now, we're seeing $3 a gallon, ... People in California are no longer believing the excuses of the industry. If they can't fix their market behavior, we'll fix it for them.

The police are finding more and more excuses to inhibit, prohibit demonstrations, build pens that you can't even see over to put demonstrators in.

The payroll figures are telling us the U.S. economy is exceptionally weak, and the weakness goes beyond anything that is associated with geopolitical risk and the other excuses we've had.

We've got no excuses ? we just have to remember that we are a better team than that.

We don't let injuries affect our play. We don't make excuses for how we play. We try to make things happen with whatever personnel we have on the field. That's the way we've always handled things, and it won't change.

We don't make excuses for our losses. We play fair and square. They outplayed us. We are not going to say we were banged up or we didn't have everybody. We went out there and faced them like men and they beat us.

We don't make any excuses and never will, but we've been a very unlucky football team from an injury standpoint.

We would have liked to take care of business and get some rest. There are positives and negatives to playing back-to-back nights in a regional. The positive is that you don't have to wait around to play; the negative is that you don't have much time to prepare. There might also be a little fatigue factor, but there are no excuses this time of year.

To say that there was hard competition and therefore excusing him, excuses him from doing his job. If there is difficult competition, it is his job to compete.

There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.

There are always extraneous things that come up every year, off-the-court things, on-the-court things, ... Those type things are more excuses than distractions.

When you don't feel healthy, stop the excuses and do something. Just go outside, walk, breathe. Life's too short to fall into a rut. You are in charge of you - treat yourself well, and it'll show.

We've got to develop that killer instinct and be a little sharper in the final third. If you look at our goals against, it's pretty good to be honest. We haven't been giving up a lot of goals. When we lose that 1-0 game or 2-1 it puts a lot of pressure on us. Hopefully that turns around. There's no excuses tonight.

The governor is committed to passing a capital bill and we think this bill that we are talking about leaves little room for excuses to not to consider this plan. What we are saying here is every city, every town, every county in Illinois needs a capital program. They have school needs, they have road needs, they have mass transit needs and they need jobs. This bill addresses all of those areas. We think this is a bill that both sides of the aisle should seriously consider for the health and the benefit of their districts.

You can make excuses out there. There were some bad hops, but we have to make the plays.

You can make excuses and say, 'Well, there are some new guys in there,' but you know what? A lot of these guys have been playing football for a long time. What it comes down to is beating your man and going and making the play. We didn't get that done.

Tony has to settle down and let the plays come to him. When he struggles, we struggle. We are 12 games into the season, so I have to stop making excuses for him. I have to keep driving him, not let up, and help him become a better player.

We had to cut a lot of employees - and I don't make any excuses for that - but it's been a tough ten years.

When you lose nine in a row, you don't have that confidence. But the good thing about this club is we stayed together. When it's 4-0, we had all the excuses to lose, but we didn't panic. We all needed this, because there was a lot of pressure on us, with all the talent here and we weren't winning.

We simply couldn't move the ball at all. We didn't have a first down in the first half, and we only had one until the last couple of minutes. That's not going to get it done, and we have to find a way to get it done. You can make any excuses that you want, but what we did today was not acceptable. We didn't give ourselves a chance to be successful on either side of the ball.

We have to compete a lot harder than that. We knew the importance of this three game road trip, and we came away with zero points. Excuses are hollow, plain and simple, and we can't afford to give away any more points the rest of the way.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Do you have any excuses tonight Roy Jones? And seven punches later - seven is the number of completion - seven punches later is Roy Jones no more. So you have to look back, it's a powerful, powerful statement. I told Roy Jones when he was the heavyweight champion, You're not even the best fighter in Florida. And I got to prove it. So it's a spiritual thing when you think about it, man. And I'm just so thankful. Going through the transition from amateur to the pros - they can't deny me no more. I refuse to be denied. And I told the world that it will recognize, before it's all over, they will recognize. And now they do.

Continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of brandy and water.