Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team’s best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.
Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement.
The truth is that most people have a better chance to be uncommon by effort than by natural gifts. Anyone could give that effort in his or her chosen endeavor, but the typical person doesn’t, choosing to do only enough to get by.
And one game, as we know, can cost you a lot.
Gay marriage and who should be on a football team have nothing to do with each other.
Anyone who’s a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.
I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn’t that way growing up.
I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It’s pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it’s important.
Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.
I never wanted our players to think the Super Bowl was the ultimate. I always talk about ‘Yes, we’re going to win, but what are we going to do as we’re winning? What are we going to do after we win?’ Winning the Super Bowl is not the destination. It’s not an end point. It’s what you do from here.
Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed.
It’s easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal when you’re in the trenches.
We are all important, but we are not indispensable.
I said all along that God is in control.
We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God’s eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.
If you’re just saying, hey, I’m doing this. I’m working to make money. I’m working to increase my status. If that’s all there is, I think you will find out that it’s meaningless.
Don’t shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don’t get to live.
But I know I have a son who doesn’t listen to anything I say and if he hears the same thing from someone else, sometimes it has a little more impact.
Don’t worry about your platform; focus on your impact.
I think there are times when I believe God welcomes the circus into our lives to give us an opportunity to show that there’s another way to live and respond to things.