Joe Calzaghe Quotes

I was a coach at Spurs for 15 years. I did want to go into management but what was important to me was doing a very good job in whatever capacity I was employed.

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me.

If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it.

Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.

The greatest thing about a coaching position is this: You just worry about the day in front of you.

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

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn.

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.

Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role.

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

At the moment we need training for leadership.

The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.

I didn't set out specifically to be a manager, but once you end up in that role you want to be measured against the best in the profession.

Every new coach is interesting.

Naturally, managers and coaches are trying to find different ways to work.

When you slide into television, no one tells you exactly how manage expectations and work with your staff.

Coaching was something I've never had much interest in. I've always been a big-picture guy, like a manager has to be.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.