Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

Having the tools and the intangibles mean nothing unless you are surrounded by the best.

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

My peers and colleagues inspire me.

I try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a little bit of that extra special out of you.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give.

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.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Every day, when I am working with my boys, I tell them as long as you put in your best efforts, I am there to back you. But the day I find your energy flagging on the field, the day I find you have not put in your best, that's when I will be really upset and sad.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

You can't change the world alone - you will need some help - and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

Jon Hamm is such an amazing co-star. He used to set the tune of the scenes so easily, and in his free time, he didn't mind giving us cues. We picked up a lot from him.

Leadership and partnership go together.

I'm at my best when I'm working with really talented people, and I'm there to gently suggest or guide or inspire or contribute whatever I can to their effort.

I try to direct myself the way I direct the other actors who come on my show.

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don't want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys.

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

I'm a teamworker.

If my co-stars perform better, I perform better.

I think it's important for these guys to know we love them and care about them and at the end of the day, that's going to motivate them to want to lead, play harder, and all the things we ask them to do. Which is a lot.