Mark McCormack Quotations

If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

People retire to do what I do every day.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.

There are five top superstars in golf, 20 great stars, and 30 good ones. The rest should go and get jobs.

The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.