Bing Gordon Quotes

I haven't had vast amounts of ministerial experience - in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people.

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.

I love playing, helping the team, and not talking with the press.

As a young guy, you talk to the assistant coach.

I played a lot of games at a young age and I feel like I'm an older player in the side now. I communicate a lot more on the pitch and in the training room now.

I think most people thought that because I am quite reserved and private, I wouldn't make a good captain.

I've enjoyed the captaincy when I've done it at Middlesex and with England.

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

I always step back and look at - you know, look at my background in playing team sports my whole life and taking that approach into Congress. It's not about me going, and you know, feeding my ego going to Congress.

I was captain of Wales; I've been captain of numerous football clubs.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

David Bruce, I think, is one of the outstanding persons for whom I've ever worked. He had a sense of balance. He was interested in everything that went on in the Embassy. He delegated authority, but at the same time when you needed the Ambassador's help on anything, you could go to him, and he would immediately respond.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.