Lee Child Quotes

Every time the country is in a crisis, I think and decide where is the best way to go. We have to always think of ways to overcome these limitations.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought through, and are made effective.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to think fast.

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

When there are things that don't go according to plan, London will cope.

Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.

The great problem now is that we don’t know what to do.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

Even when the business took a real nose-dive, you're thinking, 'OK, how are we gonna get out of this? What we gonna do? We can work harder.'

If you're on a bus and going down a snowy mountain like in Tahoe, and the bus loses its brakes, where do you want to be sitting? Immediately, you all think, 'In the back.' But in the front would be the correct answer. As a quarterback, you want to take control of it.

I grew up military but have met very few women that have a mission plan for when things don't work out. I attack everything like that.

An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

Sometimes you have to park things you're not happy with, because there are more important things to be done.

I have always been able to handle situations well once they've happened to me.

Even when matches don't work out the way you planned, you've always got to stay strong in defence; it's a matter of willpower and intelligence.

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

You try to make the decisions that you think are best in realtime.

There are no problems in the world. There are just situations. Some situations you know how to handle. Some you do not know how to handle.