Andy Reid Quotes

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

I'm very open about my referencing; I'm very open about who I work with.

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.

My career is based on openness and honesty.

My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say.

I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

Hide nothing. It always gets found out.

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.

You can get in front of the media and say, 'Yeah, I'm working hard.' You can't do it in front of those other 52 guys in the locker room. You can't fool your teammates, because they see you. They see you every day, and they see you more than your family sees you.

Integrity matters. What our fans think matters.

If I trust the people I work with, then I deliver my part with complete trust.

The kind of leader and teammate that I was, at every stop I made, I was always honest with guys and honest with myself. I think that was the reason I grew to have the reputation I had in the league.

It makes it so much easier to work with people who you can implicitly trust.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.

In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.