Conan O'Brien Quotes

Cardinals are never off-base. They are often ill-advised.

Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

I think I've learned how to be a better boss. I'm the one running the show now, and in the past, I've always kind of been looking at other people to make the decisions. I feel more confident to run not just my show, but behind the scenes, too.

I know what I want, and it's hard to delegate.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

As a quarterback, I always feel like it's my job to be that steady, calm presence in there.

I think I can play along with Balotelli, but I do not make the decisions.

I'm a leader.

A quarterback has got to take control and I feel like I've done a good job with that. Not just what we're doing offensively, but in the locker room getting to know guys and hanging out with guys. All of that is going to make you a better team.

I generally have confidence in my directors.

I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.

I make bad decisions frequently. They're fun.

I made bad decisions. I'm not denying that I made bad decisions.

I'd like to think I am a good coach but I've called bad plays. I've coached bad practices. I've made bad substitution choices.

I'm aware of the fact that people that are watching to see what I do next - It's challenging to make the best decisions, and I don't always get it right.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to be in control and where I'm going to cede control and why.'

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

With rock n' roll and touring comes a lot of good and bad decisions. These guys who are 21, they're out there, and they're not indestructible. The history of rock n' roll tells us, and so a lot of these guys are on this road to destruction.

I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end.

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the 'right' person or the 'smartest' person or the 'best' person. Make peace with this fact.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.