I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.