Tony Gonzalez Quotes

I believe in pay for performance.

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.'

I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.

I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well.

No one is mandating merit pay.

I make 50 cents for showing up... and the other 50 cents is based on my performance.

I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.

Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.

Treat each case as an individual case, and give every man an opportunity to earn just as much money as he is capable of earning.

I don't think we should put a number on how long you should coach or how old you should be. It should be illegal. Go as long as you can do a good job. It shouldn't be an age thing.

If you're a top 10 guy you should pay a top 10 guy or even a top 5 guy what he deserves, whether it's a lightweight or a heavyweight.

Like I always said, if I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players in the game.

The only way to earn what you're really worth is to get paid based on your results.

If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.

Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.

I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments.

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

Doing my job well is the best way to campaign.

The idea of a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good. ... The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise.

I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us.

Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it's no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won't improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that's led parents, students and educators to shout 'Enough!' all across the country.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.