Quotes About Accountability

Anytime we lose a game, you can't point the fingers at the guy that everybody wants to point the finger at because it's not just him. It's 10 other guys on the football field that need to help him out, including myself.

I'm very happy to shoulder the responsibility for my football team.

When you're a 4-6 football team, obviously you haven't played the way you wanted to or the way you think you could.

It's the life of the manager: when you make a decision, and the team doesn't win, the pressure comes. But that's part of the life of a manager and footballers as well.

Like anything, I remember who I work for. You work for the people who sent you to office.

Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.

First and foremost, the onus is on yourself to perform your own duties. If you can't, then it's your family or community's job to support you. If that still doesn't work out, then the government will take responsibility to protect you.

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

God will not forgive us if we fail.

You can forgive somebody and still believe they need a consequence.

The public will forgive you almost anything if you're honest about it.

I must try to do something. I'll never forgive myself if I don't try.

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

I have been very fortunate, so much is expected of me.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

I have fought corruption.

It is true that the Thackerays have never fought elections. But we have never backed out from responsibilities.

I don't think I had one personal foul in my career. Now, that being said, no one can ever say I never brought it.

Can the president really blame Fox News for his problems?

If someone is trying to frame you, don't you want to know who, what, when, where and why?

I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.

I don't put the pressure on everybody else. I put the pressure on myself because I am that franchise guy. I am the guy that has to be the leader of the team, that has to get everybody better, make everybody better on my team.

Whether I lived up to people's expectations of changing the game or franchise or what not, look: I went out, I worked hard, I didn't fib or lie or cheat anyone.

Being the face of the franchise, everyone is watching you. You have to be able to lead other men. It's a lot of responsibility.