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Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.
And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.
To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign unless he understood the men he had to lead.
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.
Once fraternities became tied to power and leadership, the powerful and would-be-leaders wanted to join.
When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.
Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.
I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it.
It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action.
The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
To manage one must lead. To lead, one must understand the work that he and his people are responsible for
Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
We are going to have to do something about all this violence, or people are going to keep buying tickets.
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
There are racial and gender implications to how we think about what leadership looks like in the country.
When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup -and our destiny.
Well, I've ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I've led. But I think that's part of leadership.
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God?
We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions.
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
Leaders are made through discipline, training, experience, failure, and the desire to continually improve.
First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.
Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears.
Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.