Quotes by Bob Nelson

“Its a white disaster zone. Ive never seen anything like it.”

“When its available to everyone, theyre less valuable.”

“Youve created an entitlement culture.”

“We were busier this morning. People arent looking at Katrina like they did at Charley — but its better to be safe than sorry.”

“The first 600 meters are crucial. I wanted the speed runners to have an advantage here. You have to get out on this course because of the tight turns over the hill.”

“I think you need to study a piece of land and just take from what the land gives you. I think about how I can incorporate that hill over there, use a turn here, and on and on.”

“We pretty much provide most if not all of the kinds of jobs they are going to need in slot parlors.”

“Our belief is this shouldnt be a jobs program, it should be a career program.”

An employees motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.