Adam Oates Quotes

We could all use more coaching.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

I love being coached. I get angry when I'm not coached. I ask a lot of questions and certainly appreciate any insight and feedback. I think if you ever stop listening to coaching or stop asking questions, you probably need to be doing something else.

If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Everybody needs a coach.

I'm a fan of coaching.

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.

I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

Some mentors are more challenging than others.

If I'm your boss, and I truly want you to be successful... I'm inherently going to teach you. I'm inherently going to correct your mistakes. I'm inherently going to spend time with you. I'm inherently going to lead you.

For sure, I need a coach, because at this level, you cannot do it alone.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

If you coach, and coach every day, you should be getting better if you're self-evaluating and you've got people around you telling you the truth.

Having a mentor gives someone a huge advantage in life.

Mentors don't just have to be people who are older or more experienced than you are. Mentors are people who really care about you, know you, and want to offer feedback and advice to help you grow.

I am constantly looking around asking for tips from my co-actors. I want to learn as much as I can and as fast as I can.

Mentorship is important for everybody, but it can come in a variety of forms. It can come from your boss or another colleague who may be more of a peer, or someone who reports into you if they have a lot of experience or creative experience.

I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.

Mentorship is the key to extraordinary success.

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.