Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

Life is too short to permit of wasting any portion of it in discussion with…anyone whose conception of the underlying principles of military administration is so hazy that he can advocate such proposition seriously. A proposition of this kind would be regarded as remarkable if advanced by a state militiaman.

Your commission constitutes you commander of all the forces … you are vested with full power and authority to act as you shall think for the good and welfare of the service.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Being military governor was a pretty heady job. You could turn to your secretary and say, "Take a law.

The commander ought to lead every important movement.

I feel like I'm a field general when I'm out there.

When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed.

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

It would probably be a direct order, shape up your morale. And so he understands command. He understands how to delegate. And I think that [General John Kelly] will bring law and order.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.

You're never too worried as a captain, when you know Rahul Dravid's still out there.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Learn to obey before you command.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.

People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.

The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.