Ernie Banks Quotes

Guardiola has trusted me right from the start.

I had just left 'Saturday Night Live' when I came to 'The Daily Show,' and it just felt like Jon was on my side. I'll always be grateful to him for that. I just got the impression he wanted me to succeed, and then I wanted to succeed for him. I think that's good leadership.

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

If my assistant goes off and becomes successful, and people want to work with him, I'd take that as a compliment that I'd trained them well.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

Working with someone who's got your best interest at heart can make all the difference.

Mark Hughes convinced me to come to Stoke, he has helped me and showed his trust in me from the beginning.

Business always requires personal relationships.

I really appreciate working with Skip and Stephen A. and value their opinions. There's definitely been growing pains, but I know they have my best interests at heart. Sometimes I make mistakes, and they tell me, but it's tough love, and I want to hear it, and we have natural chemistry on and off the air.

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.

What you want in a mentor is someone who truly cares for you and who will look after your interests and not just their own. When you do come across the right person to mentor you, start by showing them that the time they spend with you is worthwhile.

You decide to give your trust over to somebody. And if you don't decide to, then for me, it's really not worth going into collective enterprises; you should just work alone.

Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition.

I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're working with, when the chips are down, it's all about business.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

You've got to build a relationship. You can't just deal with people when it's business. If it is, then you always have to assume that they have an angle when they come at you.

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.