Linda McMahon Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Linda McMahon Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life. Linda McMahon politicsleadershipchallengeslife Small business people are people with goals and values that can't be calculated on a profit and loss statement. Linda McMahon goalsbusinesslosspeople You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail. Linda McMahon afraidthinkyourisk My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it? Linda McMahon yourselfyouleadershipphilosophy I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors. Linda McMahon voicemoneyspecialpeople I was a tomboy. And one of my first recollections of great success was playing baseball with the boys. Linda McMahon tomboygreatbaseballsuccess WWE is a company that produces fiction. It's a soap opera that runs 52 weeks a year without reruns. Linda McMahon withoutyearoperacompany It always is a battle for a Republican in Connecticut, even one who's a moderate like I am, and one who's an independent thinker. Linda McMahon i-amlikealwaysbattle I think women are not as hung up on the testosterone thing. They're more collaborative. They multitask better, and I think they're more results-oriented. They just want to cut to the chase and get it done. Linda McMahon betterthinkwomendone It's unfortunate, you know, that you can't change people's - habits, their personal habits. Linda McMahon knowyouchangepeople While they're in WWE, we absolutely have a health and wellness policy. I'll probably always say 'we,' even though I've resigned as the CEO. It's kind of hard to break a 30-year habit. Linda McMahon saywellnesshabithealth I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain. Linda McMahon hersheknowyou You know, the state of Connecticut is... sometimes it's a provincial state. And I've been working very hard to get the endorsement of the people within our state, and ultimately, the ultimate endorsement is from the voters in the state of Connecticut. Linda McMahon knowyousometimespeople I'm going to continue to talk about what is important to the people of Connecticut which is jobs, getting people back to work, the economy. Linda McMahon backimportantworkpeople I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for. Linda McMahon standi-ambeginningpeople I certainly think you could look at the business side of how WWE was run, which was as a conservative company with little debt and strong cash balance. Linda McMahon lookyoubalancebusiness You have to think about the WWE as soap operas. Linda McMahon aboutthinkyousoap It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others. Linda McMahon storybetteractingtelevision I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage. I did not say that and that is not something I would consider. Linda McMahon i-amthoughtgome The minimum wage now in our country, I think we've set that, so there are a lot of people have benefited from it in our country, but I think we ought to review how much it ought to be, and whether or not we ought to have increases in the minimum wage. Linda McMahon thinkminimum-wagecountrypeople
