Terry Sanford Quotes

In nominating young women and men to our service academies, it must only be about who you are, not who you know.

I don't like talking about not getting what you deserve, because that has no part to play in football. You get what you get.

I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

The legwork is always hard. Really finding people that you think are good enough. Just the definition of what we have to do is finding good enough people that you really think are special.

I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation.

I'm always looking for new talent.

I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.

I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls.

No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!

I was a firm believer that every cricketer needs to get a fair chance.

I have many dear friends in the film industry, but finally, the roles come to me on merit, not because of personal equations.

No beating around the bush. Give me the guys that are next in line, the guys that deserve it, and let's go.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

I'm not fighting to be treated like a dude. I don't want to be treated like a man. I want to be treated as a talented stunt-person, or I want to be treated as an intelligent person.

Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.

My company believes in hiring people based on merit.

You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.

Remember, most of us got something for nothing the first time just by showing up here at birth. Now we have to qualify.

Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.

Absolute justice demands that mens incomes and rewards should ... vary, and that some have more than others-so long as human justice is upheld by the provision of equal opportunity for all.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

I don't think the world works on merit.

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.