Quotes About Leadership

Very often, if a founder is waiting around for someone else to tell him what to do, the company is near death.

No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.

I definitely will reach out to Cuban in the near future for advice going forward. Now that I'll be on the business side of things - and he's had a lot of success with that - that would be a guy to go to.

Mr. Kraft and his family, they gave me an opportunity to come out and play in the NFL. And just to see the kind of role model Mr. Kraft is in the community, he's always around; he's here every day - darn near - he's very involved, and he's just a good man. Nothing but respect, and it starts at the top.

If I was a manager, I wouldn't want a 'nearly man' in my team. Not a chance.

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.

My father, A. M. Rosenthal, edited the 'Times' for nearly 20 years and worked at the paper for many more.

I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.

I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.

It's tough coming out of Nebraska, where you're the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player.

I like very strong guys. Successful guys. Not necessarily financially.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

In politics it is necessary to take nothing tragically and everything seriously.

Having a diverse council is necessary in order to make sure that all constituents are represented well.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.

I keep saying this. I don't think men know what they want. Women are here to help them figure out what it is they want. Like, we're the neck. We tell them to turn left, right, front, back, whatever it is.

You have to try and take games by the scruff of the neck... you can't mollycoddle everyone.