Quotes About Leadership

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.

I'm governor of New York.

Every governor's got tough choices to make.

As governor, I don't want my fair share. I want more than my fair share.

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.

As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.

I'm not going to run for Senate and I'm not going to run for Governor. I'd like to put those rumors to rest.

When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

It doesn't matter to me if someone is a Republican or a Democrat, I'm going to be the governor for all Marylanders.

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.

I'm a former governor, and so I was the chief executive, and when the legislature wasn't in session, I was running the state.

Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day.

As governor, I'll put Montanans first.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states.

Colorado needs a governor who brings people together to create jobs and cut government spending.