Douglas Conant Quotes

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

I'm humble enough to wait and just chill. I'm having fun just working with these good people, man.

I want to be a good human being.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.

God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

When you take the fact that you're loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and so talented, and generous, and effortless.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.