John Buford Quotes

In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.

I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.

The commander ought to lead every important movement.

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.'

During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate, from a political and military point of view, in the planning of actual operations.

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.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

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

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

The Rooneys are very classy. They're very deliberate with their decision-making. Once you're part of that family, Steeler nation, they treat you with respect. You don't have a lot of rambunctious players running around.

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

Anytime you're going to take your Marines into harm's way, they are looking for leadership that is calm, assertive, sure of themselves. And quite honestly, I don't think that some of these young Marines care if it's a male or a female. They just want to be properly led.

If you have a workforce that enjoys each other, they trust each other, they trust management, they're proud of where they work - then they're going to deliver a good product.

I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

Your commission constitutes you commander of all the forces … you are vested with full power and authority to act as you shall think for the good and welfare of the service.

The military cannot be indifferent to its succession.

Ministers do not function well when they are unsure of their authority or of their standing with the Leader [ the Prime Minister]