Charles Murray Quotes

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

Zizou has been a leader wherever he has played. He was the captain of France, a World Cup winner and been a winner in all the clubs he played for. So he has enough experience to handle and manage a group. More importantly, he is a man who everyone respects.

Certainly every manager I've played under you take things from them. That's just part of gaining all that knowledge over the years. Some good, some not so good, but it's all part of the process.

I've played under many managers - some fantastic, some average, and some not so good. Even if it's not intentional, you log the good ideas and the bad ones.

Poor leaders have a certain style and that's the only style they have.

With Mourinho, I learned a lot.

It wasn't purely Alex Ferguson's experience that made him a good manager, because he did it when he was inexperienced. But if you've got the qualities needed, and then you add experience to it, someone who's been through it, well, that has to be advantageous. There's no doubt about that.

You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial in the next stage of my managerial career.

You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.

You always learn from both good and bad bosses.

I think you live and learn each year, whether you're a head coach, coordinator, or business manager. You learn different things that work and different things that don't.

I've learned a lot from my parents.

I've played for some really good coaches, been on some really good teams. I learned a lot.

Coach K was great. We had a couple of individual conversations and he definitely taught me a lot of things.

Nobody is a born captain. He learns with time.

Regarding Jose Mourinho, I hope I can learn a lot from him - he is a coach with a fantastic record.

It's extremely humbling to look around the astronaut office, see how much experience there is, see how many lessons there are to learn and it's truly starting at square one.

Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.

I'd like young people to seek my advice, and trust that the decades I have lived through have added to my abilities to be a valuable contributor to the workplace and society.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

I had a lot of veteran guys who taught me things.

I've worked with a lot of good coaches, so I would be stupid if I did not pick anything up.

Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time.