Merry Christmas everyone! I’m going to keep this post simple. The following are 13 leadership quotes and principles which, if applied correctly, will make you more successful in 2014. Enjoy!
Sports Illustrated – December 16th
- “I think our team has been conscious of not taking any team less seriously than others.” – Florida State Seminole center Bryan Stork
Atlanta Journal-Constitution – December 15th
- “People perceive in business that when things get slow you just let them (employees) go; you can just rehire them later. You can’t. They get gone. It takes years to build a team like we have. I went in and declared to everyone that no one was going to have to lose their job. But that they were going to have to do whatever we had to.” – Mitzi Moore, CEO of Sundial Plumbing
- “It (an innovative idea) might be something that is a good idea to you. People will tell you it’s a good idea. But it has to go a step further. They have to think it is so good that they are eager to open their wallets and spend money on it. The hard part is jumping that gap.” – Moore
Sports Illustrated – December 2nd
- “What I should have done, if I was going to be a GM, was gone on the road, gotten into the personnel a lot better. To do that job, you’ve gotta do it all year. I just did it at draft time.” – Matt Millen
- “As a player Matt (Millen) was laser-focused on the task at hand. When you are in the role of general manager, you need to have a broader view of everything. You better have a vision. Matt is very knowledgeable of what goes on on the field. The front office side of it is a whole different game.” – unnamed NFL executive
Sports Illustrated – November 25th
- “The market for either would be very hot. They share a few traits that portend success. Both are highly intelligent and keenly observant of their surroundings, both enjoy the daily grind of doing what it takes to be better and , most important, both are extremely passionate about football.” – NBC’s Fred Gaudelli on Peyton Manning and Tom Brady’s future as sportscasters
Sports Illustrated – November 4th
- “Come in, keep your mouth shut, be nice to everybody, ask questions and work hard.” – Luke Kuechly on his approach as an incoming freshman at Boston College
Sports Illustrated – September 2nd
- “If you don’t do that (work harder than anyone) people aren’t gonna respect you as a leader, they’re not gonna want to follow you, because you’re not putting in the same work they are.” – Colin Kaepernick
Sports Illustrated – June 10th
- “The only advantage we create is the efficiency in what we do and how we do it.” – Nick Saban
- “Part of the reason I try to create lots of opportunities for a lot of young guys (assistant coaches) is that’s how I got started.” – Saban
Sports Illustrated – May 20th
- “Life throws you knives. You either catch them with the handle or the blade.” – Lionel Hollins
- “If you win by 50, you never find out anything about yourself. But if you overcome and battle back and deal with adversity, that’s when you’re rewarded.” – Hollins
Sports Illustrated – February 11th
- “What distinguishes George (Whitfield) is he’s able to really help quarterbacks master their skill set.” – Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton on the popular quarterback coach
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