David Goffin Quotes

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

I believe in delegating power.

Leadership and partnership go together.

I'm a leader.

Never delegate. Always empower.

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

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.

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

You are on the ground. You see the needs of the situation, and I shall back up whatever you do.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

My manager has been my manager since I was 17, and he says that he's supposed to be smart for me when I can't do it for myself.

There are two types of directors: the directors who take and directors who give.

I can lead my team.

Just because you're the coach, you don't automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of the people.

Allow your leaders to lead, and know when to get out of the way.

I rely on my directors, a lot. I love being directed.

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

Be the chief but never the lord.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.