Quotes About Responsibility

I have a rule: I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell.

I've made a couple of comments about fame, and my kids are going to be put in - in, you know, working at Taco Bell when they're 16 so they know what a real job is like, and - and know what it's like to - to really earn money.

Even without tactical discipline, what is important for a team is having players with maturity and a sense of responsibility.

I remember that, often, Mike Phelan would just nip down to the touchline for a message to one or two players. It was usually just a tactical thing. But when Sir Alex comes to the touchline, all the players know that it's serious stuff.

Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.

As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.

If you're a politician, you can see there might be times when, to secure the greater good, you have to take a backwards step. That is a matter of tactics.

I don't believe in legacy. I feel that the 'mega' tag definitely acts as a platform, but after that, it's all on the individual. Legacy does not mean a crown that is passed on; we have to create our own paths.

The captain tag is something that every head coach in this league takes seriously.

We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.

The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility of conducting training, which they did. We were not equipped or set up with personnel to recruit new Iraqi guards.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end.

In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

When you don't take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.

Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.

When placed in command, take charge.

I take my responsibilities very seriously.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.