Quotes About Leadership

I try to control my box. I always think the goalkeeper has to be the chief of the box: it's his area, and he has to defend it.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

Sometimes it's natural to do the safe pass, the no-frills thing, to pass it back to the goalkeeper. But I want them to do the daring thing.

I was very clear why we put these companies together and what our goals were. It was really to allow both Sears and Kmart to compete in what I thought was going to be a more challenging but evolving industry.

And I think that George Bush really is a very godly person.

There are some directors I hear about in nighttime or some I used to work with who walk around like gods.

For me, going home at 5:30 is as much about my own choices, but also giving my team those choices, too.

No one at Goldman Sachs gets paid out of his or her own P&L. It matters how your business is doing, but it matters more how the firm as a whole is doing.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

You don't say, like the Bush crowd, 'I got this guy over here and I don't like him and I'm gonna get him, whether you back me or not.'

We're the leaders. Look around. Everything we do, we're gonna see everyone else try to do it.

We're not gonna misread our mandate.

There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.

You always learn from both good and bad bosses.

Every coach will have good and bad.

We have good and bad archbishops.

The best way to sell your company for a lot of money is to have a good company.

NetSuite was a really good company.

David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director.

When you have a good director, it's just wonderful.

Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes.

In order to be a good director, you also need to be a good entrepreneur because the director is in charge of everything and everyone on the sets.

It was wonderful working with Kundan Shah. He is a very good director.

My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.