Randy Pitchford Quotes

I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

You know, public service is serious enough on its own, and what I've found is if you take yourself take yourself too seriously in this business, you'll lose sight of what it is that you're trying to get done. So I mean I've tried to have the proper mix of being a serious public servant, but also still being a regular guy.

I'm very competitive, but I know when not to be competitive. I know how to have fun, but I know when it's time to get serious. That makes things a lot easier.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

I'll take my clothes off - whatever the job requires.

I try not to take myself too seriously, but I do take my work seriously.

I'm a very goal-oriented person in certain ways, and then in certain ways I understand that there's nothing at all that I can do about certain things. In other words, I would never set a goal that I don't have control over achieving.

I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.

I take every role seriously. Personally, I never look at any role as Michael White. I've done that my entire life.

That is what all of us must learn to do in the United States; to limit objectives, to get ourselves away from the absolute, to find out what is within our powers.

Always take your job seriously, never yourself.

I don't have a set way of preparing for something. You just have to take it seriously.

You have to respect every coach and when there is a change you have to give everything you are asked for.

I'm a pro. I understand you check your ego at the door. If you don't have it that night, you don't have it that night. But sometimes you're like, 'Give me that opportunity to grind through this'.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

As long as we deliver services with the highest level of quality and integrity, I'm happy.

You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be.

I think it's a good trade to have to be versatile, to be adaptable, and be dependable, and that's one of the things that has enabled me to have the long career that I've had. It's definitely not because I'm good looking!

Coaching changes are a part of football; they arrive ready to meet the goals they have been set, so you respect them and work with them like any other.

Deadlines are great for customers because having one means they get a product, not just a promise that someday they'll get a product.

My favorite position is at No. 6 or No. 8, but I will never have a problem with a manager, because I do my job.

All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.

I cannot be casual about my work.

I've changed, and I've learned every single year what to do and what not to do. But I still pride myself on going out and doing the right things. Doing what I'm supposed to be doing on both ends of the floor.

My mom worked in restaurants for 60 years, and what I learned from her is a lot. But if I had to boil it down, take your work very seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously. Work harder than everyone else and never complain about it. Don't go to bed if you're not proud of the product of your day; stay awake until you are.