Leigh Steinberg Quotes

With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

Negotiations take time.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

We must not allow expectations to outdistance negotiations.

Success of negotiations cannot be guaranteed. If there is no attempt, then failure is guaranteed.

Anyone who has ever negotiated an agreement knows that in order to get it, you have to be willing to walk away from the table..

That’s the trick in any negotiation. Getting to yes means getting the other party satisfied that its interest are being met sufficiently…. You both got to get something out of it that your prepared to fight for at home.

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so.

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result.

If we have done anything wrong, send your man to my man and they can fix it up.