Ruud van Nistelrooy Quotes

If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process.

I believe in discussing very thoroughly what should be the goal. When discussing it, I allow others to give their views.

Whatever power I exert is collegial.

You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.

The funny thing about directing is that you have your own opinions, but it's a collaboration. Directing is a group effort. Even though you might think something works, the smartest thing you can do as a director is try and weigh the opinions of the people around you.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.

I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.

Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months.

The chairman of a committee should be in harmony with the majority who constitute it.

In modern societies, all things, even in the military department of affairs, are decided, not by individual effort, but by the combined operations of numbers;

Decisions will be made to the contentment of all parties.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to the football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

The era of roadside decisions, declarations have gone. My government's decisions will be guided by teamwork and consultations.

It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.

I've played with Jan Vertonghen for Ajax and the national team.