Dan Quisenberry Quotes

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

It's football, you work with humans and humans make mistakes. We will do everything in our power to prepare the players so they know to make the right decision at the right times.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

There's not much simplifying. You gotta know what you gotta know. That's how the quarterback position is, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

I like being part of a big company's executive team. It's fun to stretch other parts of my brain, considering questions like, 'How should we think of acquisitions?' I get to be privy to things that would never come up at a small company.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.

I believe my strengths are my pace and reading of the game.

I'm getting better as a quarterback. A lot of that is an understanding of the game, of myself, of who I'm playing against.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

Business is another kind of world that I don't think is as passionate. It is not the pressure to perform as you have in football. It is more about strategy, skill, about how you deal with all the information you have. Some of the things from football I can bring to business, and some things from business I can bring to football.

It's one thing to be able to analyze something. It's another to implement it or execute on a vision or even to get a whole bunch of people to rally behind it.