I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

Eric Shinseki

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

Eric Shinseki

An army that fought and won a war decisively finds it even more difficult to undergo change.

Eric Shinseki

More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have.

Eric Shinseki

In the army, we do two things every day. We train our soldiers, and then we grow them into leaders, because frankly, we don't hire out. We grow our own leaders.

Eric Shinseki