J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

It's part of the captain's job to keep people on their toes.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.

When you've got a leader that wants to go out and practice at the ultimate, highest level, when something that you should do doesn't go right, there's going to be a little fire under that, and that's what you need from your leader.

It's about how you handle yourself, how you take care of your business, how you present yourself in front of the team, how you hold other people accountable. And ultimately, performing.

You're not going to look at Paul and see him slacking, not carrying his weight. All the other stuff, 'Paul doesn't lead' and all that? That's fine. Go grab guys that lead, then. Let me help them lead.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me to take care of them, and I did.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.