Gene Mauch Quotes

Gotta watch out for directors.

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.

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

Sometimes, I forget that I am director.

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

When you supervise something, it is one thing. When you are in the middle of something, there is a different pace of life.

The owner always has the final say. You have to decide who is going to be the best fit for the organization.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

I like being a leader in real life.

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.

Directors never give you anything.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

Even when you’re in charge, you’re not sure who’s in charge.