Ashley Young Quotes

My characteristics are to control the game, stay in the middle and organise the team, but I can adapt as well.

Learning to play different roles has made me a more all-round midfielder.

Different teams put me in different situations.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's possible, or I may not have the creativity, but if I can identify a problem, that's a valuable thing.

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

I think a good entrepreneur has a very clear grasp of what the goal is, an unwavering sense of the goal, an utterly agile approach of getting there.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

A president, like a college freshman, can't know in advance which questions he'll have to answer or what topics he'll have to master. He has to be flexible, supple, and responsive. He has to be comfortable with multiple-choice.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

I'm a person who likes to tackle challenges. Google was a challenge when I got there. I think AOL's a challenge. The way we run the company is a very team-focused environment.

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don't usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.

U.P. is a big state. I don't have enough leadership experience for such a big state. I requested the party for two experienced associates to help me and work with me.

I've got cabinet experience, military experience, and private sector experience.

I like to think I would adapt to the way that any manager who came in would want to play.

The truth is, I have an excellent team, a staff that handles Blue Elephant, my translation company, perfectly. It is like a well-oiled machine.

I'm doing whatever my team needs me to be. Whether it's play hard, screen-and-rolling, ducking in, whatever the team needs me to do to be successful, that's all that I care about.

Regarding my position, I feel really comfortable in any position up front.

The best leaders adapt and are flexible with their situations. I try to be the same.

To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the military.

I wanted to work with Shashank Shah. He is a very clear individual.

I've always seen myself as a midfielder but wherever I'm being told to play in the middle or somewhere, I will always give my best.

Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.

I'm a veteran. I understand the game. I can control a game. I understand systems. I can play several positions.