Jim Evans Quotes

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.

It is axiomatic in politics that the earlier one addresses a problem, the more the alternatives and the easier the solutions.

The great problem now is that we don’t know what to do.

I'd say if you wanted to forestall bad events, the best thing to do is anticipate them and try to correct them before they get close.

If you're on a bus and going down a snowy mountain like in Tahoe, and the bus loses its brakes, where do you want to be sitting? Immediately, you all think, 'In the back.' But in the front would be the correct answer. As a quarterback, you want to take control of it.

you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.

Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

No, but you've got to be here in case something does happen.

Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

One thing I learned about riding is to look for trouble before it happens.

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.

If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.

At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.

I tremendously enjoy getting involved in a troubled situation and straightening it out... My interest would be if there was a situation that came up, and I thought I could do something with and the price was right, I would be interested.

The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions.