Knute Rockne Quotes

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

I try to bring positivity to the team.

The support of the coaches Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly... Their experience as a captain, along with the belief they instill in us, is great.

If you can inculcate in your team that every moment means everything, you can then step back to let them lead.

I have to command the offense. I have to command the team. I have to bring a spark and give us a chance to win.

I've been playing basketball for a long time, so I know when the energy isn't there and I need to step up and get the team going.

I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team

You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you.

Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough.

You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.

In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try.

Leadership means making people feel good.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

I wanted the opportunity to play for Tom Osborne. Here we are in the locker room at half-time, gathering around Coach Osborne. It grows quiet, and I'll never forget what he said. He said, 'Let's get this over with.'

There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.

I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.

If you think you can sing, you can sing; that's all that matters. So I'm always singing around my guys, around the team, during warm-ups, because I think people need to hear this voice. I think they deserve it.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

Some of the people on the teams I've been on need to be uplifted and kind of loved on. And some people don't need that at all - they need to be pushed; more hyped up.