It’s conference championship Saturday in college football. Therefore, there is not a better opportunity to learn how champions think.
The following are 18 Leadership Quotes And Lessons Showing How Champions Think I captured from Fox Sports Big Noon Kickoff pregame show. These thoughts will help you succeed at the highest level and possibly become a champion as well.
- Champions Focus On Winning Championships – “There are two things important to elite players – NFL (and) college football playoff. If that doesn’t happen they’re not going to play in bowl games.” – Urban Meyer
- Success Follows Champions – “Success will follow him.” – Coach Meyer on Ohio State defensive end and team captain Jonathan Cooper.
- If You Want A Championship Culture, Get More Champions On Your Team – “He’s the culture.” – More from Coach Meyer on Cooper
- Champions Make The Complicated Simple, Not The Simple Complicated – “A defensive coordinator’s job is to stop the run and stop the pass.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Make Great Decisions – “Quartback-play is all about decision-making and the hardest decisions are made after the snap.” – Brady Quinn
- Champions Are Sick Over Losing – “I was sick and tired of being close.” – Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Allen
- Being A Champion Is All About Belief – “At the core of it all is belief… It’s more about do you really, really believe?” – Coach Allen
- Champions Control What They Can Control – “Sometimes life’s not fair. Sometimes things happen over which you have no control… It’s not about making excuses.” – Coach Allen
- Champions Are Disciplined – “The key word for Ohio State is going is going to be “Discipline”.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Do Not Make Self-Inflicted Mistakes – “The game plan for Northwestern is going to be to get Ohio State to make self-inflicted mistakes.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Focus On Executing One Play At A Time – “Just play it one play at a time. Hit a bunch of singles and then at the end when you look up at the scoreboard you’re going to like what you see. But if you try to do too much, if you try to look at it from a wider lens, it’s no good. So really try to focus on dominating and executing one play at a time.” – Ohio State head coach Ryan Day
- Champions Make Champions Of Others – “Receivers at Ohio State are taught to protect the quarterback at all costs.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Solve The Right Problems – “50-30-20… When a quarterbacks throw a pick, 50% of the time it’s his fault… 30% it’s on the receiver… 20% is stuff.” – Coach Meyer
- Championship Teams Have Unity And Alignment – “You (the quarterback) have to be on the same page with your receivers.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Are Experienced And Confident – “You can’t put a price tag on experience and confidence.” – Coach Meyer
- Champions Take Advantage Of Huge Opportunities – “Huge challenge equals huge opportunity.. I like our chances because we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.” – Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald
- Champions Never Confuse Activity With Accomplishment – “The goal is not just to get here but to get here and win it.” – Northwestern quarterback Peyton Ramsey
- Champions Are Part Of A Special Brotherhood – “The brotherhood we have here is second to none.” – Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields
What is one thing you learned from the quotes above which will help make you a champion?
During the 2019 college football season, fans were given a gift when legendary coach Urban Meyer joined Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff preview show as a studio analyst. As a three-time national championship head coach, Coach Meyer’s ability to deliver complex leadership principles with brevity and concise terminology created a compelling experience for educated and “smart” fans. Throughout the season, I captured Coach Meyer’s best leadership quotes from this weekly show. I wanted to make them available to you in this new complimentary resource Urban Meyer 2019 Fox Sports Big Noon Kickoff Ebook.
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