Gracia Martore Quotes

I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it's not how you look; it's how you perform.

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.

Merit should count more than academic background.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

It doesn't matter if I am the lead or a man is the lead actor in a film. What really matters to me is that I give my 100 per cent to my job.

It's really hard to judge people until you see what they do with the job.

When I am at work, there is no need for me to deliver anything but results.

After your debut, it doesn't matter whether your parents are actors or factory workers. All that matters is whether you can get the job done.

You have to prove yourself year in and year out, and if you can't get the job done, every team is going to go and try and find somebody else that can.

People care about performance and results above all else.

The main thing for me - as a leader, anyway, is that you perform well. That's most of the battle.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

You get the job done or you don't.

You hire a chief executive, pay him, and hold him accountable after a year or two. The time for so-called honorary jobs is over. What Pakistan squash needs is results, and that can only be achieved by professionals.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.

In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance.

I assume you know what to do with this. That's why you were hired.

When you're doing a job, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability and you don't think about awards and things like that.

It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.