Shannon Miller Quotes

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Once an organization has a strong sense of mission, leaders can focus on trying new things.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

There is something to this vision thing.

I start with an end in mind. In everything.

Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

The long view counts.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

I didn't really have a road map ever.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

I think long-term, not short-term.

You can have X's and O's, you can have talent, but if you don't have a vision, it won't work.

When you have a concept and a sport like this, you have to have a vision.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.