George Crook Quotes

My main hobby is working. I love what I do.

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

That's part of the reason Rex drafted me, because I value this job. It's my life. If somebody wanted to take that away from me, it's personal.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.

My life is basically my work.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

My life is very much consumed with work.

I can't imagine leaving the restaurant. It's hard for me to separate my life from my work; I'm really thinking about what we're doing every day.

One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

I am very much married to the job.

I have always maintained that my concentration is only on my career and on nothing else.

I don't think you can say yes to every opportunity and work the weekends and work the overnight shift unless you're really passionate about your job. So I encourage everyone to find their passion and go for it.

I truly believe our work is an extension of who we are, and I constantly strive to push myself and my teams.

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me.

I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first.

Work is the only only only remedy for life: for happiness, for interest, for stability, for security. Hard, willed work. Oh work!

Whatever job you're asked to do, whether you think it's mundane, boring, or beneath you, do the best job you can. No assignment should be treated as a task. Before you can climb the ladder, you need to build a good foundation.

My career is my life and my passion. It's not a job, it's my life.

I think you've got to have an unbelievable amount of passion and love for the game, even though it's a job and there's a lot of things that go on in the business side of it.

Going back to being a head coach entails a full-time commitment to that job and I would not go into it for any amount of money and do it halfway. It would be a total commitment, not part-time.

It's not my job to rate managers. My focus is on me and my team.

If you are a manager at the top level, there is pressure, but you have it because you want to be there. If not, you would do something else.

I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.