Donna McKechnie Quotes

There is no way for two leaders to function together at any one time

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

If I accept the job, you will still interfere. I don’t want to fall out with you, as I believe that you are the right man to save the nation at the head of the army.

There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Anytime you get nine people together, whether it's at a party or it's in the conference room of the Supreme Court, you do have to maintain some order, or it does kind of degenerate into squabbling pretty quickly.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

Nine times out of ten your two smartest policy advisors disagree.

Nothing can be imagined better, or more perfect, than the administration of a virtuous man. Besides, when a single man is master, it is more difficult for the enemy to discover his secret counsels and resolutions. When the government is in the hands of many, it is impossible but enmity and hatred must arise among them; for, as every one desires his opinion to be followed, they gradually become mutual enemies

Argue as you please, you are nowhere, that grand old man, the Prime Minister, insists on the other thing.

I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

Sometimes, a player and a coach can have a different opinion. In the end, the best interest of the end, the best interest of the club has to be kept in mind.

There were personality clashes in Free, really. I think it's as simple as that; I think we felt we weren't leaving each other enough room to develop in our own way, and we were restricting each other. So we said, let's go different ways.

I don't like to talk too much about differences between managers.

There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around assholery.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

Ain't no problem with me and Kevin Gates; everybody just trippin'.

When you are making a movie, there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen, and you don't always get what you want to do. The story can always go in a different direction than what you would like. You compromise, and there is dealing and bickering.

When you are captain at the same time, that's when it gets difficult and when your own game starts to decay because you have other worries and pressures.

Holdouts never go well. Just look at history. It always ends badly. It wouldn't be the best decision. I make a lot of money. I pull up to camp in Rolls-Royces.

I don't really like to work with a large team and assistants, because then I lose so much time explaining things, which I don't like.

I had a few passionate discussions with my own coaches, but it wasn't for more playing time or anything like that. It was because, even then, I wanted to run the team my own way.

You can never get two members of the family to agree on anything.