Quotes About Leadership

Don't think our soldiers are weak. Give them a free hand, and no power on the earth can defeat them.

I am here to say that there is no drawback to being a woman in business. But if you think it's a drawback, then it probably does work against you. It's like playing poker. People will look for your weak spot, and your weak spot is only what you allow it to be.

I want to work closely with the government but it doesn't mean I become so weak and just toe the government line.

It's hard for me to interact with players who don't give themselves completely. The weak don't interest me.

In my own mind, I don't want to be the weak link of the team.

When they saddle the leading man with violence it makes the characters look weak. If a man is a heroic type he doesn't have to resort to violence. How many successful men in the world have to settle problems with their fists?

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened our institution.

It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in a tree, when unusually rapid growth caused the rings to grow abnormally thick, the tree trunk weakens and is easily broken.

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.

I think it's really important for managers to be liked by his players because ultimately, on the pitch, those players will give everything for their manager.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

I don't think there could've been a pitch as crass as Trump's 'I can fix America because I'm rich' without that groundwork laid by Davos and the Clinton Global Initiative.

I was appointed to Cabinet three times; on no occasion did I pitch for what position I wanted.

When things are going well on the pitch, it is because I know I have the coach behind me.

I try to be a leader on the pitch rather than off it.

On the pitch, I have always had that responsibility to lead the team. But, of course, when you are captain, players, especially the young ones, they look at you more for the things you do on and off the pitch. But I have always been a very calm person.

Every great player has a big character. I don't know any player with a lot of quality who just has quality - you have to have an ego and character to be the main person on the pitch.

Other players can be leaders on the pitch, but not all players can understand another player, so I try to. You need to understand the heart of another player. I try to read other people, to figure out how I can joke with this guy, how I can help him or touch his heart.

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

Teams always have natural leaders on the pitch and natural leaders in footballing terms.

How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?