Mark Goulston Quotes

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I'm not going to campaign. I'm just going to go out and show what I've got.

Always do your best.

The more games I have as a manager the more I realise that there is only one thing that really matters - getting results and accumulating points.

I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.

I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything. Any manager will tell you that you have to win games, and you have to get results. You have to perform.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.

The main thing for me - as a leader, anyway, is that you perform well. That's most of the battle.

First we become the best, then we'll become first.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball.

High expectations are the key to everything.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry.

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.

Well done is better than well said.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.'

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.