Dara Khosrowshahi Quotes

I have a great team who has helped me build Biocon, I was very fortunate to be able to share my vision with a group of people who really were as excited about challenges as I was.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I'm not going to campaign. I'm just going to go out and show what I've got.

I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.

Business [compared to government] has an advantage in that we know that if we don’t take risks, it’s about survival … Business has to also stand behind government leaders who take risk.,, That’s what leadership is about.

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

You need to know how to put a mission together to victory!

You can have X's and O's, you can have talent, but if you don't have a vision, it won't work.

When I was coaching, I wasn't worried about what I was making. I was worried about winning a championship.

No one can predict the future, but what I do know is that myself and my team work hard every day to make sure that my vision, my sound, and my brand reach their full potential.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

My game is such that I either succeed or fail. But I always hope to do something which is useful to the team at the start of the innings.

To cope with today's competition, you need to do whatever you want but with passion, confidence and attitude to match.

Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.

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

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'