Anna Wintour Quotes

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me.

I have made mistakes and learnt from them.

I've got to be better. So when I talk to the team, I want to make sure that I'm real with them, and I tell them I can be better.

Having trust in your manager is the most important thing for a footballer.

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

I wouldn't ask any of my employees to do anything I wouldn't do. And I work as hard, if not harder than the rest of the staff, to set an example. I also believe in giving my employees a lot of room to be creative and to express themselves.

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I've done before. Sometimes the best happens - beyond possibility. Just do it. Can't worry about it.

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

I could have coached better.

All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.