Alex Rodriguez Quotes

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

I feel a lot stronger when I back people down.

I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.

We're not going to act in a soft way for what we believe needs to be done.

Men really respect a woman who's in their power and who isn't afraid just to speak up. I feel that it's something to practice. When you hold yourself with integrity, they respond real well.

I think we need to have a little talk, woman to skank.

At the end of the day, men like Donald Trump need to be given that which they themselves dispense: clear messages. I would confront him as clearly and explicitly as possible. It is not only the right, but also the duty, of the leader of a German government to do that.

Sometimes you do have to scare people a little bit: if someone is not acting in the best interest of the show, then maybe you need to scream and yell a little bit, or let them know you're in charge.

Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up.

be aggressive, BE-BE Aggressive! B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

Well, every manager has to take his personality into the job that he does, but irrespective of that personality you have to be aggressive when you need to be.

If I have a problem with somebody, I go ahead and say what's on my mind.

You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, as occasion serves.

When you're aggressive behind the plate, calling a game, that's when you're at your best. You can't be tentative.

I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Nah," I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike." "What?" "He'll understand.

I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.

There was a certain feminine satisfaction in having the last word, delivering her line smartly, and breaking the connection between them quickly and decisively.

Anybody who's ever dealt with me knows not to mess with me.

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more that that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back, regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say "I love you." When we should've said "I'm Sorry." When we didn't stand up for ourselves or some one who needed help.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a firm refusal will make them clearly understand that they must treat you more as equals.