In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved.
A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.
You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.
One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don’t assume.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
Never delegate. Always empower.
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there’s always a later.
Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.
I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it’s tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I’ve always looked up to.
I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it’s plural.
Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.
It’s funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you’d do. It’s terrific.
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don’t want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion.
I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It’s a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we’re losing a little bit of that right now.
I don’t think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.