I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.
Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.
I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake.
With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit.
I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.