Gerardo Martino Quotes

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.

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

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

Let nothing prevent you from changing your previous decision if after consideration you feel that the previous decision was incorrect.

Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't change their mind.

I've always said I would never say never when it comes to politics.

I tried to listen to way too many voices in my first stint as a head coach. The second time around, I know what I want and how I want to do it.

One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to be in control and where I'm going to cede control and why.'

Sometimes, I forget that I am director.

Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.

You have to accept the fact that not all your decisions are going to be right - and when they are wrong, you have to own it right away. I try not to have an emotional connection or investment in the decisions I make so that when they need to change, I can quickly move on to: 'How do we fix this?'

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

If I'm sure of a person and his potential in politics, and if I know he will live up to his promises, I wouldn't mind campaigning for him. I believe in the dictum, 'never say never.' You never know, I might end up joining politics.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

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

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself.

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