Sadiq Kahn Quotes

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.

If You are a man of trust, sent by one great man to another, be exact when he sends You. Give his message as he said it. Guard against slanderous speech, which embroils one great with another.

I think Pique, apart from the odd personal remark, has never had a bad opinion about any of my teammates at Real Madrid, but obviously, when he attacks Real Madrid, our club, and our institution, it kind of tarnishes all of the rest of what he says.

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.

I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends.

We don't go to war on narrow, partisan votes.

I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players.

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

Never explain. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it.

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear.

It is impolite to criticize your host; it is militarily stupid to criticize your allies.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

When you're a member of a team, when I was member of a team, whether I ultimately agreed or disagreed, once a president makes a decision, everybody, in my opinion, has to go with that decision, or you shouldn't be a member of the team. Your reputation rises and falls with the person who's the leader of the team.

You don't criticize your employer.

I always focus on team building - both in office and at home.

Under no circumstances am I going to criticize my family in public.

I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.

I think that's the key for a good team, to work together like a family. It's something that I've learned over the years with the experience that I've gotten over 10 seasons.

Not everybody's going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team. But when I step between those lines and I'm with my team, we're a brotherhood.

Hang out with good people, do good things, and always put the team first.