Tim Sweeney Quotes

The pulpit is no place for self-promotion. It is a great place for self-deprecation.

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

I'm shy by nature and don't like talking about myself, and would let my films do the talking.

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.

People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.

As an entrepreneur, one cannot just work and not say anything.

Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

I'm trying to become a young CEO, to brand myself in television and movies.

I [Moses] am not a man of words.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

I'm quite a social person, quite a communicator, and I like to have the work of other people around.

Even I can't talk about myself for an hour.

Being introverted, it doesn't mean necessarily being shy or being afraid of public speaking; it just means that it's hard for me to interact with people for too long.

I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had.

In 1977, when I became Speaker, I started meeting with TV reporters each morning when I arrived at work. Later in the morning, I would hold a news conference before the House opened. I always told the truth and almost never answered with 'no comment.'

When someone praises me for some speech uploaded on YouTube, I politely tell them I've been acting for many years.