Ryne Sandberg Quotes

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis.

You can teach all sorts of things that improve the practice of management with people who are managers. What you cannot do is teach management to somebody who is not a manager, the way you cannot teach surgery to somebody whose not a surgeon.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

Managers are important: they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

I’ve worked as a leader for many years and I’ve always trained myself to be prepared for the worst.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

I had the best teacher there can be in man management or managing a football club.

I know how to lead.

That is good to have a manager who is very clear.

One thing that will never change as a manager is that there is so much game stuff and management stuff to deal with that you want good information.

Being a manager is more than a job. It's my passion. From the moment I wake up in the morning it's my passion.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

I try to help people with management stuff a lot.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies.

Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management.