Charisma Carpenter Quotes

To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.

I've always respected Coach Frank. I kind of publicly recruited him because I really need him and want him. I'm kind of the college recruiter now because he brings a lot to the table. He's had success here and understands the good and the bad, so I'm recruiting him to join my staff.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.

That's part of the process of the longer you play, you can help the guys around you.

You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.

I've been very fortunate that I've played under a lot of very good captains.

You learn a lot from quality players.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

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

I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with.

It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two, three, playoff games what to do.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

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.