Landon Donovan Quotes

I wanted to take on a little bit more of a leadership role. I'm getting older and things are coming to me more and I have to take responsibility for that.

I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'

Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

Leadership, like responsibility, is a voluntary act.

It takes a Real man to fill my shoes.

Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

You can't pee like a puppy if you wanna run with the big dogs.

'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

Grown men do not need leaders.

I think this movie, 'Moneyball,' symbolizes becoming a man for me, and I think my character becomes a man. It's important to me: I'm becoming a man. I'm taking my life seriously. I'm taking my acting really seriously, and it's important for me to play adults. It's important for me to change and develop as I get older.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.

The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.

Leadership is not what you said on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said. It’s what you’ve done.

I was the sixteen-year-old driving everyone to bingo and shopping. It was quite a responsibility. It made me the man in charge of a lot of things.

Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate.

I'm a guy that a lot of people look up to. I haven't always handled situations the right way. That's why I have to continue to grow and be a better player, a better leader.

When you lead, you have to lead from the front.