1269 Leadership Quotes
“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.” – 21-time National Champion women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance Who are you when no one is watching? When no one is there to hold you accountable or celebrate your accomplishments, […]
On January 9, 2023, the Georgia Bulldogs steamrolled the TCU Horned Frogs by a score of 65-7 to win their second consecutive national championship. Afterwards, ESPN’s Rece Davis interviewed Georgia’s head coach Kirby Smart. The video of their time together is shown below. What I take most from Coach Smart are his intentionality, intensity, and focus. […]
A Spinning Huddle In the second quarter of today’s Kansas City Chiefs’s victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, the team’s offense did not something in their pre-snap huddle no one had ever seen before. The team began spinning in a collective circle which then flowed into a unique formation. Watch the entertaining video below: Andy […]
On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 11:59:58, Ohio State Buckeyes kicker Noah Ruggles’s missed field goal attempt landed on the ground securing a 42-41 win for the Georgia Bulldogs in what some are calling the greatest College Football Semi-Final Play-off game ever contested. The Bulldogs experienced the thrill of victory as the Buckeyes suffered from […]
A Leader Of Great Respect There are few leaders I respect more than former National League Manager of the Year Clint Hurdle. Many people know him as the former manager of the Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates where he won 1,269 games. While this is may be true, I know Coach Hurdle as a husband, […]
If anyone knows about the subject of leadership it is legendary Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban. Recently, the 7-time national champion said the following about what he looks for in leaders on his team: From the words above we learn Nick Saban’s 4 Qualities of a Leader: Leaders are committed to doing […]
“We’re all going to go through life and have huge setbacks. I feel fortunate that mine being in a professional sense up to this point, it built resilience because every stadium I played in, I was abused. Walking down the street, people (were) putting their windows down. So it builds mental resilience. I’ve been through […]
Everyone reading this article wants to be part of an elite team. No one wants to give your lives to average pursuits. Leaders want to make a difference with their one and only lives and we know to do this, we need an elite team around us. Our vision is too great to be accomplished […]
It is often said the greatest enemy to future success is current and previous success. This is because we live in a changing world and people can begin operating from a foundation of assumption. Smart leaders, however, know what got you where you are, won’t keep you where you are. Yesterday’s solutions do not solve […]
This past Saturday, the Texas Tech Red Raiders beat the 22nd-ranked Texas Longhorns in front of their home crowd at Jones AT&T Stadium. Immediately after the game’s conclusion, the fans stormed the field. However, the best celebration took place not on the football field, but in the Red Raiders’s locker room. First-year head coach Joey […]
Billy Graham once said, “A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in an entire lifetime.” If this statement is true, and I believe it is, then it is important to understand what the role, duty, and expectation of a coach is. Long-time readers of this site know I […]
“Great coaches never miss a teachable moment.” – Northstar Church Senior Pastor Mike Linch My favorite 45 minutes of the week is a Zoom bible study I participate in with approximately 60-to-75 high school, college, and professional baseball scouts and coaches, a picture of which is shown above. Led by Northstar Church’s senior pastor Mike […]
