Mark Messier Quotes

A good leader must be fair.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

Leadership means setting a moral tone.

Sir Alex is so consistent with his management. He manages each person differently, but you know exactly where you are with him. You know exactly what is required.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

Having trust in your manager is the most important thing for a footballer.

We need to trust our coaches. Unless we trust them we can't get the result.

This is the world you live in when you're a football player, an athlete. You want someone to discipline you. You want to have consistency. You want a guy that puts you in position so that you can have success.

It takes a special individual to be a coach to pay attention to all that bad stuff and keep people accountable.

I want to be a great teammate, and I want to be the same leader on the field that I know I can be off the field.

I think what helps enormously is the cultural environment that you have set. We constantly try to monitor it. When you have a base to work from that holds it together, that's something that you can go back to and rely on. A lot of is down to the consistency of work, the consistency of message and the consistency of the players' performances.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.