If you want to become a great leader, you need to prepare yourself to become a great leader, and the best way to do that is to study great leaders.
If you do not like people, you will not take the time to get to know them, and if you don’t get to know them, you will have no idea what scares them, what inspires them, what motivates them.
The one surefire way to get me not to hire you is to send me your resume, especially if you’ve already got a good job. I won’t be interested, because in a couple years, you’ll be doing the same thing to me that you’re doing to your current boss: looking for a better deal.
No man is more important than The Team. No coach is more important than The Team. The Team, The Team, The Team, and if we think that way, all of us, everything that you do, you take into consideration what effect does it have on my Team?
We’re gonna believe in each other, we’re not gonna criticize each other, we’re not gonna talk about each other, we’re gonna encourage each other.
Every day you either get better or you get worse. You never stay the same.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.
By your own soul, learn to live. If some men force you, take no heed. If some men hate you, have no care. Sing your song, dream your dreams Hope your hopes, and pray your prayers.
Those who stay will be champions.
Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there’s no need to fret about it. If it fails, you’ll know what to do next time.
Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn’t care for them. They know, in the long run, I’m in their corner.
Early is on time and on time is late.
I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn’t show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren’t going to be able to do anything else.
No coach is more important than the Team.
Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
The team, the team, the team.
Every day we get better, or we get worse.
If you want to be a truly great leader, you’ll develop other great leaders below you.
You can NOT be a leader unless you like people! You’ve got to spend time with them, so you know them. You’ve got to be interested in who they are, what they do away from the job, and how they think.
In times of difficulty, those brave enough to stay the course will be victors in the end.