Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
Champions behave like champions before they are champions.
The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most – teacher.
I’ve observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure – and their ability to overcome it.
For me the starting point for everything – before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience – is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you’re dead in the water.
Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that’s the critical factor.
Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure. In fact, most people have several opportunities to succeed.
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.
Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end game is headed. Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you.
Strong leaders don’t plead with individuals to perform.
If your ‘why’ is strong enough, you will figure out ‘how’!
The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening.
To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.