Kenneth Chenault Quotes

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

It's important to complete things and finish what you started.

There's a lot of work that needs to be done, and there's a difference between talking the talk and walking the walk.

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

Execution is everything.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

When you left the house today, you had the intention of putting clothes on and you did. You didn't try to put your pants on today. You simply put them on. The same has to hold for all of our intentions. We don't try to be more loving partners. We make the intention, and we act on it.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.

My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.

You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.

At SBI, we say that if you need a project to be done, you need to be determined that it needs to be done, put a deadline, and it will get done.

Commitment is an act, not a word.

First off, you always gotta get your work done.

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

I have a track record of accepting my party's decisions. I do whatever work is given to me with determination. That's all.

To be stronger, you finish everything you start. You can't take a break.