Jon Taffer Quotes

I know what it takes to get to the top.

My managerial ambitions were the same as I had as a player: to become as good as possible and to join the big teams in the big leagues.

When you are the manager, you want to win.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Getting to the top is not so easy; staying there is more difficult.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit … Be in the first group; there is less competition there.

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

I really focus on the ball, I really focus on the work, and I really focus on creating all the growth opportunities for anyone in the organisation that's willing to do it.

I enjoy difficult tasks. What's hard is finding the people to do them and finding a team to actually enjoy success. That is the real challenge of success.

Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

We try our best and we want to come out on the top at the end of the season.

When I am No. 2, and I am working as hard as I can, then quite often the keeper ahead starts to raise his game even more.

What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.

As a manager, a coach and a player, you want to be at the top end of the table.You want to be challenging.

I'm the champion, and to stay ahead, I have to work harder.

As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy what I do, I enjoy the competition, working with a group of people to get the best out of them.

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.

I want to be held accountable. I want my teammates and my coaches to push me to be the best that I can be.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.