John T. Chambers Quotes

We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.

When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

I have always been able to handle situations well once they've happened to me.

I've had many managers, and learned a lot from them, the good ones always stayed even-keeled, never rode the waves.

There are no problems in the world. There are just situations. Some situations you know how to handle. Some you do not know how to handle.

As we grow, we learn to handle situations differently than we normally would.

Our only objective is to find solutions to get us through the challenges we face each day.

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

Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.

You have to address anger, fear, and then to think about what the alternatives are: hope, faith, a certain kind of brotherly love. And then you have to set yourself to cultivate those.

Even when matches don't work out the way you planned, you've always got to stay strong in defence; it's a matter of willpower and intelligence.

Some might argue humans are hard-wired to fight. I don't agree: we are conscious beings who have the capacity to make decisions.

My job is to be a problem-solver.

I'm not somebody who's going to panic if things go the wrong way.

I'm always in trouble.

Some people handle situations differently - some people have a reaction, some people let it go over their head.

There's going to be situations that you get into that you're going to need help, for sure. But for the most part, I think coaching is just understanding who you have and your team, understanding yourself, and understanding the situation.

One of my strongest assets is my ability to be calm under pressure.

I've always been able to stay calm in high-pressure situations.

Being a point guard in this league, you have to balance out people - the emotions and stuff like that.

I am a logical person and can handle situations calmly.

When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play?

What skills I lacked in, say, math or science, I like to think I made up for in my ability to read people and situations with great clarity. I therefore considered myself as a sort of valued soothsayer when it came to dispensing opinions to my friends about their life choices or relationships.

Before, back in the day when I was young, when you had some problems, you dealt with it with your hands. No one had a knife.