Leadership Quote by Nancy Johnson

There is a blunt, almost cinematic decisiveness in Johnson's answer: miss once, then "kill the next one". The phrasing isn't polished, and that's the point. It telegraphs a temperament that values immediate correction over rumination, a kind of emotional triage where anger becomes fuel instead of a leak. In politics, that posture reads as resilience; in any high-stakes performance culture, it reads as a refusal to be seen flinching.

The subtext is about control. A "bad shot" is framed as a momentary lapse, not a referendum on competence. By pivoting to aggression, Johnson sidesteps doubt and reasserts agency. It's a strategy that translates cleanly to public life: take the hit, show no lingering bruise, make the next move emphatic enough to overwrite the headline. "More times than not" and "I would say" soften the bravado just enough to sound lived-in rather than scripted, like someone narrating a habit that predates the cameras.

The metaphor matters, too. "Shot" suggests both precision and consequences, and the violent idiom ("kill") signals the cultural premium we place on dominance as a form of composure. There's an implicit endorsement of anger as productive emotion, especially for a politician who likely had to project toughness to be taken seriously. The neat statistic - "9 times out of 10" - functions less as data than as an alibi: it's not just catharsis, it's effective.