Quotes About Leadership

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good.

I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.

I feel like I've done a pretty good job of scaling because I got some great mentors along the way that helped me realize I just have to build a phenomenal team around me that makes my job a lot easier.

I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics.

Did you loathe and detest the Bush administration? If so, you'd probably say its ideas were horrible and their execution worse. Did you not loathe and detest the Bush administration? In that case, you might say its ideas were pretty good - only the execution often left something to be desired.

You see the excitement on the players. I don't know... if they think, 'This coach is crazy,' or if they think that, 'No, this is pretty good.'

Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.

I think I'm a pretty good coach, but there are a lot of good coaches, a lot of young coaches.

I know what I can do and I know what I want to be in the future. I fuel myself. I know I want to be pretty good and I want to do whatever it takes for the team to win.

It's cool to be a pioneer in something, especially in basketball in Canada, it's pretty good.

I want to be a coach one day. This is important to me. I think I have a pretty good foundation of football schemes and X's and O's.

I think I do a pretty good job preparing myself. That's something I take pride in - being prepared and knowing what each individual guy is responsible for. I can point at guys and let them know what they're doing if they have questions.

The real danger is a politics that buries its head in the sand.

What I saw in my first year as secretary of state was a danger that if Britain didn't lead the way on climate change nothing would happen. I thought: If I don't lead, no one else is going to.

To be honest with you, I want my opinion of Trump out there. I think that he is a danger to America.

Populism is dangerous.

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.

Daniel Farke is so good, a man-manager - he is calm but he can shout if he thinks I'm not working.

I have learned that European politics is very much like Danish politics. You have all the rumours.

Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

I look up to entrepreneurs who command respect and attention for daring to think out of the box and act accordingly.

If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.