Mark McCormack Quotations

I look for times when I'm producing zero watts. Now I pedal on long descents or in tailwinds. I can do the same training ride in three-and-a-half hours that took me four without a power meter." ()

We took it early with seven to go. I tried my best to stay out of the wind until the end." ()

I actually felt like I was the best runner today. But I had to work twice as hard as these mountain bikers, Ryan, Barry and Geoff, on the descents." ()

I actually felt like I was the best runner today, ... But I had to work twice as hard as these mountain bikers, Ryan, Barry and Geoff, on the descents." ()

I was just leading out J.J. and Page, but we opened up a gap." ()

We thought the lawsuit was pretty frivolous." ()

Everyone was riding fast today. There were a lot of attacks, but no one managed to break away until those four riders. But that was (60 miles) into the race. It was a very nervous race, but also safe." ()

At the end Kirk Albers (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) put in a huge effort that helped bring it back." ()

There's bound to be one crash a race. I've been in races where there hasn't been a crash. It's not a given, but it's not a shock." ()

It's always a tricky race to call with the tactics. This race has been different every year. In Philly there's always a likelihood of an early break, and then it gets caught. It's pretty typical. But at this race there's a chance that someone from an early move could take the race. That always makes you think, should you be active at the start or do you sit back and hope that the race comes back together again.

It's always a tricky race to call with the tactics, ... This race has been different every year. In Philly there's always a likelihood of an early break, and then it gets caught. It's pretty typical. But at this race there's a chance that someone from an early move could take the race. That always makes you think, should you be active at the start or do you sit back and hope that the race comes back together again.

It was loud, and it looked extremely bad." ()

I made a note to myself not to let that happen again this time. This is not a good course to let someone open up a small gap, so I made sure I was always sitting second wheel. Stay with whoever was attacking, and be ready to close down a gap if need be. I didn't care if that meant the whole group stayed together." ()

I'm about as concerned as Jack would be if he read that I was practicing to compete in the Masters" ()

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.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

Short-term can be terminal.

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.

Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who thinks he or she can evaluate business conditions five years from now, flunks.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

The course takes its toll. These climbs are the hardest. They're not very long, but there aren't any other races I do where my forearms are cramping and my fingers are locking on me by the end. We're using muscles in our bodies that we normally only use when we're doing a field sprint." ()