Grant Tinker Quotes

It doesn't matter what your pedigree is, who your family is or what degrees you have. What really matters is how you perform your job and how you produce results. Whoever could do the best job, that's who the focus is on - and it definitely doesn't matter if I am a woman or a man.

Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.

I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say?

You don't keep your job if you don't make a great show.

If you have excellent people, then you have to give them the power.

It's really hard to judge people until you see what they do with the job.

What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough?

If I am here it is because the club believes in my job and it is my obligation to justify the quality of my job.

Tony Harrison is not on my level.

I don't think you can talk if you're not doing your job.

Managers don't play. We the players play.

People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.

Go in, do a great job, be super professional.

When I am at work, there is no need for me to deliver anything but results.

When I was appointed deputy president, I accepted it, and it is the president's prerogative to appoint or remove anyone to the Executive.

As long as my guys are out there and doing what I'm asking, and they're giving their best, I don't think anybody can ask for much more than that.

I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything. Any manager will tell you that you have to win games, and you have to get results. You have to perform.

Jon Gruden just wants you to come to work, work hard and produce on Sundays. He's not really too much worried about babysitting or holding somebody's hand.

Captains are always criticised.

Obviously if your head coach expects more of you, you bring it to the table.

When you're so young, it's important to understand exactly what your role is. Not just look good - you have to be efficient and effective.

You can ask a lot of the people around me - I'm very demanding. I expect them to be as intense about my tennis on a daily basis as I am.

You have to prove yourself year in and year out, and if you can't get the job done, every team is going to go and try and find somebody else that can.

Trust is a big word for a manager. You expect certain standards and attitudes and they know if they lower those standards, I'll jump on them.

The one thing I always say to myself is I want to make sure that when a team invests in me that they get their investment's worth.