Edin Dzeko Quotes

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

Leadership is influence.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.

I can lead my team.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

Being a manager is kneading people.

I know how to lead.

Managers are driving the ship, so to speak, without actually being on the pitch, so every manager I've worked under here definitely deserves credit.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

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.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

I like being a leader in real life.

If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

Leadership—not salesmanship

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do.