Leadership & Team Quotes

Dont ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive & go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. H. Thurman The man who has no imagination has no wings. Muhammad Ali If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Anonymous "Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve. Stella Juarez All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. Alexis Carrel Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden "Transformational coaching is faith - believing in every player despite the evidence & then watching the evidence change." Joe Ehrmann "If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today." Lou Holtz If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today. Mike Krzyzewski You can motivate by fear, & you can motivate by reward. But both those are temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation. Homer Rice Leaders are made, and they are made by effort and hard work. Vince Lombardi "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." Les Brown A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson "Speed is the essence of war." Sun Tzu "There in no passion to be found in playing small, to settle for a life that is less than what you are capable of living" Nelson Mandela "Everything youve ever wanted is on the other side of fear." George Addair You either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Pick a side. Anonymous

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" Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect." John Wooden Too many people demand attention and not respect. Coach K Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller "The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment." William Arthur Ward "All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself." Bill McCartney Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. John F. Kennedy "I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential." John Wooden "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." Walter Elliot The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max DePree DISCIPLINE is just choosing between what you want NOW and want you want MOST. Anonymous "Every storm is a school; Every trial a test; Every experience an education. Every difficulty is for your development." L.Watson "Happiness begins where selfishness ends. John Wooden I hated every minute of training, but I said, Dont quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. Muhammad Ali "Nothing great was ever done without much enduring." St Catherine of Siena.

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"I'm not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I'm afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion" Alexander the Great The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. Don Shula If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price. Bud Wilkinson When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. Tom Landry In sports you don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for. Anonymous Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it & staying with that plan. Tom Landry One important aspect of character is the ceaseless desire to improve." John Wooden "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't." Jerry Rice You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. Lou Holtz "Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust." Jesse Owens "Be more concerned w/ character than reputation, b/c character is what you are, while reputation is merely what others think you are." John Wooden Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results. Unknown A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off. Chinese Proverb "We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt." "Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits." Richard Nixon There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. Admiral W.F.Halsy, Jr. If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. Lou Holtz

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"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks." Phillips Brooks Love breeds greatness. Coach Kris Hogan Amat Victoria Curam! "It takes courage to grow up & become who you really are." ee cummings Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. V Lombardi "Bullfight critics ranked in rows Crowd the enormous Plaza full; But he's the only one who knows: Thats the man who fights the bull." Anonymous "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Anonymous "Hold On with a Bulldog Grip & Chew & Choke as Much as Possible." President Lincoln to General Grant A person who wants something will find a way; a person who doesnt will find an excuse. Anonymous "The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that it does with brave men is, not to frighten but to challenge them." Woodrow Wilson Force the enemy to reveal himself in order to discover his vulnerable spots. Sun Tzu "Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable." Kenyan Proverb "Durability is part of what makes a great athlete." Bill Russell STRENGTH doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from OVERCOMING the things you COULDN'T. Rikki Rogers Talent wins games. Hard Work wins championships. Anonymous "Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." GK Chesterton "Discipline yourself and others wont need to."

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John Wooden You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Vince Lombardi When you make excuses you can't properly evaluate yourself. Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. John Wooden Perfection is what you are striving for, but perfection is an impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not an impossibility. John Wooden "Discontent is the 1st necessity of progress. Show me a satisfied man & I will show you a failure." Anonymous "Tanquam Ex Ungue Tigris" - We know the Tiger by his claws Latin proverb "Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won." Unknown He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them. Sun Tzu A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. Jack Dempsey You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. Jerry West There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory... Unknown "Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory." William Barclay Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. George Eliot Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. William James When youve got something to prove, theres nothing greater than a challenge. Terry Bradshaw Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain. Aristotle If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? John Wooden

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When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. Pat Riley "When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results." Ken Blanchard Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden "The strength of one's virtue should not be measured by special exertions, but by habitual acts." Blaise Pascal Excellence is won by training & habit: we do not act rightly because we have excellence, rather we have excellence because we have acted rightly. Aristotle People only do their best at things they truly enjoy. Jack Nicklaus An attitude of "whatever is convenient" won't accomplish very much. An attitude of "whatever it takes" is impossible to stop. Anonymous To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it. Anonymous The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to PREPARE. Bobby Knight "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Unknown Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. Knute Rockne High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Charles Kettering "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." Aristotle You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan Faith is the direction your feet start moving when you find that you are loved. Fredrich Buechner "All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming." Helen Keller

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"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." Dale Carnegie "When we long for life w/o difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds & diamonds are made under pressure." P Marshall If you dont invest very much, then defeat doesnt hurt very much & winning is not very exciting. Dick Vermeil "Keep your thoughts positive b/c your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive b/c your words become your behaviors." Gandhi Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryan "Horses are just like football players, some of them like to train, some of them don't like to compete." Bill Parcells "You can't be upset about the rewards you didn't get from the work you didn't do." Anonymous "Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else." Coach K My responsibility is leadership & the minute I get negative, that is going to influence my team. Don Shula Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, & persistence. Colin Powell "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies." Nelson Mandela "The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." Norman Cousins Things that hurt, instruct. Benjamin Franklin You just cant beat the person who wont give up. Babe Ruth Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal Vince Lombardi "It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation... It's my job not to de-motivate them." Lou Holtz

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"The greater danger lies not in setting our aim too high & falling short; but setting it too low & achieving our mark." Michelangelo Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." Pat Riley "If trust is 1st requirement for making a friend, faithfulness is the 1st requirement for keeping one. The way to have a friend is to be a friend." H.Black "Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing." Ralph Waldo Emerson "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." John Quincy Adams "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." Mahatma Gandhi "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done." Dwight D. Eisenhower "Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in." Lou Holtz "A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide." Mickey Mantle "Leadership is a privilege & it's a hard privilege. Your team will fail or succeed based on how you get them up." Anonymous "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." Vernon Law "There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them." Ralph Marston To succeedYou need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill "Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin Whether you think you can or think you cant, youre right. Henry Ford Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. W.B. Sprague

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Give me a stock clerk w/ a goal & Ill give you someone who'll make history. Give me a man w/ no goals & Ill give you a clerk. J.C.Penney Mental toughness is doing the right thing for the team when its not the best thing for you. Bill Belichick "Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We." Phil Jackson Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is. Irvin Himmel "Your day will be filled w/ your priorities or w/ the requests [aka. priorities] of others." Tim Elmore Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability. John Wooden A coach told me a while back "I never call a kid lazy. That takes it out of my hands. I call them unmotivated. Now I've got a job to do." Brad Layman Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln "The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders." Vince Lombardi "Success is peace of mind...a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of being." John Wooden A leader leads by example, not by force. Sun Tzu There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills You can make mistakes, but you arent a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes. John Wooden Wanting to give up is a test of how much you want something. Not giving up is proving how much you do. Anonymous The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard

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Vision without execution is hallucination. Thomas Edison When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford Much of the stress that people feel isn't from having too much to do. It's from not finishing what they've started. D. Allen "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity. Andrew Carnegie The difference between ordinary & extraordinary is a little extra. Jimmy Johnson Tomorrow's victory is today's practice. Chris Bradford It isnt that they cant see the solution. Its that they cant see the problem. G.K. Chesterton One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you. Lou Brock A strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a tiger needs the approval of sheep. Vernon Howard "Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does day to day to lead himself." Thomas J. Watson "If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?" T.S. Eliot "Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct." Thomas Carlyle "Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken." Warren Buffet "On the day of victory no one is tired." Arabic Proverb