Quotes About Leadership

I do wonder how managers like Brian Clough and Bill Shankly would cope. How would Cloughie deal with players taking five pairs of different colour boots to a game?

When you become the coach, you need to give at least 200 to 250 days a year to the team and that's a lot of work. I don't think I can manage so much work away from Pakistan, from my family.

During my time in Pakistan, I was asked to lead an expedition to Azad Kashmir following a devastating earthquake in 2005 that claimed the lives of 80,000 people.

I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever.

I am chairman of the Pakistan People's Party.

Whether it's in Washington, or whether it's with the mothers of extremists, or whether it's education in places like Pakistan... a lot of women in these emerging countries are taking charge and doing amazing things.

When I took charge of Pakistan, I stopped and had a look from the outside before making any judgement calls. I got used to the culture because I think that is so important. For you to move a team forward as a coach, you have to understand the culture.

It will be our effort to make Pakistan the number one team in all formats of the game.

I love Pakistan so I will definitely use all my experience to inspire this team.

I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn't gone well, and all the talk was that I only had that one Test as captain.

Pakistan is a very emotional, cricket-loving nation and what Pakistan need is a street-fighter-type in charge of the team.

It has been an honour to lead Pakistan at the highest level.

The educated youth are the future of Pakistan and they will make us proud in the future too.

I have no illusions about our elected politicians. Pakistani democracy is anything but perfect.

I don't want it to be a holiday camp, but it shouldn't be a concentration camp either. It is about getting the balance right with my relationship with them. I will do anything for the players but I'm not their pal as well.

When I'm still the manager of Palace, I will give 100 percent.

Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud.

I am the Crystal Palace DJ. I'm the guy who gets us going. I play the songs.

A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.

I think the comments about me being a shill for leadership are beyond the pale.

Without strong Arab backing, it will be hard, if not impossible, for a Palestinian leader to reach peace with Israel.

It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

For a good chunk of Israelis, it doesn't matter who is in power when it comes to dealing with the Palestinians. Their focus was more on economic issues.

Israel needs to separate from Netanyahu in order to separate from the Palestinians.