All my life people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Criticism, Critics
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Action, Follow
I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Attitude
I see what keeps people young: work!
—Ted Turner
I have the same credo with my land as I had with my business: He who profits most serves the best.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Business
If only I had a little humility, I’d be perfect.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Self-love, Humility
Sports is like a war without the killing.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Sports, One liners
To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you’re truly wireless.
—Ted Turner
If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Humility
A leader is someone who creates infectious enthusiasm.
—Ted Turner
Topics: Leadership, Enthusiasm
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