Bear Bryant Quotes

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

The legwork is always hard. Really finding people that you think are good enough. Just the definition of what we have to do is finding good enough people that you really think are special.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much.

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

I don't really like doing interviews.

I have a wonderful assistant. I tell her I need four amputees and a midget, and she finds them.

I'm here today because I hated everything else.

Not everyone is comfortable with being pushed.

I think the biggest thing was that when I was in college, I really concentrated on personnel. That was my strength, and I was, in essence, my own recruiting coordinator. And when I went to the pros, I did the same thing.

The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life.

Whatever we can't develop internally - and nobody develops everything internally - you have to be able to trade and sign free agents.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software engineering, where the market is really tight.

Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.

I don't like dragging people.

We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent - people - who give us products to sell.

I hate giving interviews.

We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce.

There is a need for new talent in the industry but newcomers don't know whom to approach and how. Social media has become a bridge.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

I went skiing today, too, yeah. I didn't wanna go. The girl I'm stalking wanted to go, so... I'm not kiddin!

The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody toassociate with me who does not wish me near them?

The idea of improvisation kind of freaked me out.

Sometimes I have that kind of critical mind to myself as well. This is because there are times where I have to do things that I don't wish to.