David Moyes Quotes

Get advice, then make your own decision.

A long resume does not equate to good judgment.

The way Everest is guided is very different from the way other mountains are guided, and it flies in the face of values I hold dear: self-reliance, taking responsibility for what you do, making your own decisions, trusting your judgment - the kind of judgment that comes only through paying your dues, through experience.

Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it's still your fault if they were wrong!

My worst and best qualities are rashness: the good part of it is due to youth, which is, of course, why I'm not a great conductor.

I might be out of the league if I didn't have a guy like K.G. to show me the ropes and a coach like Doc Rivers.

I'm lucky to play with Messi for the national team; I've learned many things. I can pick up a lot from him in terms of how he reads the play, how he thinks, how he sees the movement of his teammates. This will help me a lot for the future.

My mentors were very good.

Me being young, I'm going to definitely mess up a lot more than I'm going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.

I'd like young people to seek my advice, and trust that the decades I have lived through have added to my abilities to be a valuable contributor to the workplace and society.

Mentorship is important for everybody, but it can come in a variety of forms. It can come from your boss or another colleague who may be more of a peer, or someone who reports into you if they have a lot of experience or creative experience.

I had a lot of veteran guys who taught me things.

I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

Responsibility makes a player better. I was made the captain of Maharashtra senior team when I was 16 or 17. I know how to take the team forward. I had been through the responsibilities.

Seek out counsel and be a mentor to people, because then they learn how to be mentors.

I think the voters are going to see a stark difference between steady leadership from Secretary Clinton, a depth of experience, and ill-temperament and poor judgment from Donald Trump; that's what they've seen this entire campaign. We welcome these debates.

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

But, ultimately, it is up to the captain to decide whether she wants to accept a suggestion or not. But, as a senior member of the team, I will always give suggestions for the betterment of the team, whenever I can come up with any.

Everyone knows quarterback is a position where it takes a while to really start playing well.

I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn't gone well, and all the talk was that I only had that one Test as captain.

No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

It wasn't purely Alex Ferguson's experience that made him a good manager, because he did it when he was inexperienced. But if you've got the qualities needed, and then you add experience to it, someone who's been through it, well, that has to be advantageous. There's no doubt about that.

Any captain will take some time to settle down. Nobody is an outstanding leader straightaway.