I think you have to teach kids to work, and you can only teach them to work if you work... I can't delegate jobs if I'm not doing it.
How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days?
It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning, to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable.
I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.
When you're the lead and on most of the call sheets, some people have expectations of you and whether you like it or not, you kind of set the tone.
I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, and if that's not suitable for you, then you should hire somebody else.'
When you bite off only what you can chew, you're going to disappoint people. Guess what? Not your problem. You're not doing anything wrong.
To lead or to parent means not being liked sometimes.
All children will do things that you may not want them to. That's part of parenting.
I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.
It's always better if you can keep the bar low, and then exceed the expectation. When it's high, that makes the job even tougher. But, I think we're up for the challenge. We're ready.
I've been around long enough now and have learned to be flexible enough to know that every movie isn't going to be 'Apocalypse Now,' and every director doesn't have to be Stanley Kubrick.
Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.
I don’t know. After the downstairs, I assumed something creepier and dirtier.” I shrugged. “You didn’t have electricity down there.” “It’s for dramatic effect.” Loki gestured widely. “It’s a dungeon.
You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat.
