Chris Hughton Quotes

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.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

The industry should take comfort in knowing that WinStar is my main focus after my faith and family.

My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment.

The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor.

The racing team is the most important thing in the world to me. It's where all my eggs are fully in that basket. I go dance and do TV to try to make that world more important.

For me, call me what you want, as long as I'm working.

I'm someone who takes on information quite well, so there's maybe a path into management. But I see what successful managers have to go through to get to that level - it's a completely different ball game - so I think I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.

My goal is to stay happy in my work and to do quality work.

I don't lobby where work is concerned. As long as I know I've got something coming up, I don't really worry. It's not that I'm not ambitious, but I don't have a drive to be hugely successful and be working all the time.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I've worked with people at different stages of their careers and different success levels, and one thing I've noticed about the guys at the top is they're so relaxed and calm - it's about not having anything to prove except doing good work.

Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?'

I've had some major disappointments. The quality of life in Denver is worse than when I took over, and I'm embarrassed about that. But I still put in 40 hours a week running Colorado.

I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.

Obviously my career's important to me and I'm really, really passionate about trying to keep it.

I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I would be doing it all very wrong.

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager is to tap into that energy that's already there.

Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that.

I wouldn't give up my career for somebody. The most important thing to me is my work, and reaching people through my work. It's so important to me. It's my passion.

If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs.