“The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be ...” — W. Edwards Deming Quote

The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.

I am forever learning and changing.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

You should not ask questions without knowledge.

We have our great days and our bad days. No matter what bad day I go through or strike out four times in a row, I still want to have that great attitude and go after the game and go talk to the kids and not worry about the game and let them know that this is what matters.

We have a responsibility as ex-soldiers to realise we're no longer in the military. All this 'once a soldier, always a soldier', that's all well and good, but that attitude doesn't work in society.

I wanted to be part of a football team as a tough guy. That attitude just kind of always stuck with me.

In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.