Lakshmi Mittal Quotes

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed.

Up to 30 years old, I was carried by natural talent, combined with a good level of professionalism. But since turning 30, I've gained a desire to sweat in the real sense of the word, to understand where I need to improve. Competitiveness, now, is essential.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.

It's important to put all I have into my career.

Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called 'workaholics'. I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?

Every job I do, I feel like it is an amazing opportunity. I try to throw myself into every role with everything I have.

My career has always thrived on hard work and good relationships with people I work with and just continuing grinding.

My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.

I define leadership as: Emotionally, you own your business. You own it with passion. And you either have or you don't have an economic investment. But when you have all three of those, you are the boss from Day One, and you care every single day more than anyone.

I'm very driven, and I play with a lot of passion. So sometimes I'm a little too amped up because I love playing football and I'm very passionate about this game and playing for my teammates.

Honestly, I don't know the word 'pressure,' because football is my job. I always enjoy it.

I do want to be good at what I do, sometimes for a lot of money and sometimes for none.