Quotes About Communication

Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. We can simply be ourselves.

Rather often, to lie is to infringe upon the freedom of those we care about.

It seems that if our species ever eradicates itself through war, it will not be because it was written in the stars but because it was written in our books; it is what we do with words like 'God' and 'paradise' and ''sin' in the present that will determine our future.

At least one study suggests that 10 percent of communication between spouses is deceptive.[4] Another has found that 38 percent of encounters among college students contain lies.

texts don't speak for themselves

When we presume to lie for the benefit of others, we have decided that we are the best judges of how much they should understand about their own lives—about

We're not really free unless we can put matters in our own words. And if we can't put them in our own words, we can't talk to other people, because if we speak the words of the internet or the TV news, other people will recognize that, and they are not really in our company, but somewhere else.

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

If you can eliminate the yelling and listen to the message, there's a great message there.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

If I were the commissioner of all sports media I would issue an immediate ban on three-person announcing teams on telecasts of live sporting events. In almost all cases three is one voice too many.

Rodeoing is about the only sport you can't fix. You'd have to talk to the bulls and horses, and they wouldn't understand you.

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.

How do you introduce boyfriend C to boyfriend A after boyfriend A has been such a good sport, of late, about boyfriend B, who is no longer in the picture?

Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

In the silence that is his chosen medium of communication and telling others about it in words. Is there no way not to be the sport of reason?

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.