Travis Bradberry Quotes

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devilishly hard

The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone gets the credit, but if it flops, only the director can be blamed.

Lead, don't drive. And give credit. Don't blame. If an officer on your team suggested something and it worked well, give them credit. If it doesn't work well, you take the blame because you made the decision.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

I definitely see myself as a leader. One of the ways I've been lucky enough to lead and likely to continue to lead is just my actions and the way that I approach the game and working hard and being a player that steps up in big-time situations when plays need to be made.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

Victory finds a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

I always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.

When I'm in the huddle, it is my huddle, and I mean, that's how it needs to operate.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

I think I've learned how to be a better boss. I'm the one running the show now, and in the past, I've always kind of been looking at other people to make the decisions. I feel more confident to run not just my show, but behind the scenes, too.

People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.

I think a lot of the time, when things were going wrong, I would get blamed for things because I was the point guard.

Any time a team doesn't score points, it's on me.

Success has many fathers and failure is an orphan.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.