Quotes About Leadership

I'm a business owner.

The best thing about being a business owner is that you get to run your own schedule.

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.

I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well.

The owner always has the final say. You have to decide who is going to be the best fit for the organization.

It would be impossible for me to say when the idea of becoming an owner first came to me. Probably it was a gradual process. The first time the matter was brought to my attention in a concrete form, however, was when Charles Murphy was selling out his controlling interest in the Chicago Cubs.

If we can't have a great team and a winning team, then I will not be an N.B.A. owner very long.

The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.

The importance of inclusive behavior was modeled for me early in life. I have many childhood memories of my mother - an entrepreneur and business owner - drawing people to herself and inspiring them with the genuineness of her interest in them.

I think an owner needs to be present. When an owner is not present that's when things tend to go awry.

I am a working mom with five daughters, a small-business owner - and a conservative.

As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.

Your first job, as an owner and an entrepreneur, has to be to understand how the business is going to actually work.

In 2009, my father wanted me to join politics. I told him, 'Why should I jump into the dirt and grime of politics when I can have politicians come to me as owner of a media group?' Then my father gave me an ultimatum.

Ambition is important for any manager or coach, owner or director.

The NBA requires that one person is the acting owner, the one person they can get on the phone and is accountable for anything that happens. That's why my dad started taking me to NBA board of governors meetings in 1995; you have to be approved as the owner.

I think the coach, the owner, the GM, the players want to win the game. That's the bottom line.

Being involved in sports, being an owner in sports, nothing can prepare you for that, I think we've seen that.

The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.

The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

I've been so fortunate in life to have worked for such great organizations, with great owners and general managers and all the great players, along with the support of my family.

In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time managers started thinking like owners.

Business owners should think of designers as architects, not decorators.