Mark V. Hurd Quotes

A leader who is confused or confusing causes too much anxiety, and a leader who is too controlling is revealing more insecurity and a lack of leadership.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

I like being a leader in real life.

Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Leadership is having the trust of the people are trying to lead.

History was not written by men who predicted failure…

By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land I see already the main causes of our recent failure; I am sure that I can remedy these, and am confident that I can lead these armies of men to victory …

We need to inspire and give each other confidence so that the work we do will be fruitful for the well-being of the people and the stability and security of the country.

I can remember having meetings with my coaches when things were going bad. I told them, 'Hey, we've got to be positive. This is the time we need to step up. You've got to make sure they know everything is going to be okay. Keep teaching. Once they see you are down, you lose them and that can't happen.'

When you can win with a couple of goals, it is always really good for confidence.

Whenever Tua gets his chance, I'm going to be his biggest cheerleader.

I can lead my team.

When you don't have results it is very difficult for players to have that high confidence.

I feel like any team I'm on, I can help take that team to the playoffs.

I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise.

Imran never lost faith in us as players, individually and as a team, and that gave us the confidence to win. He was a leader par excellence, and Pakistan have seen none like him.

I'm not capable of being in a group where I'm not the leader. I did it once earlier in my career with Legacy, and that was cool because I was young and green and a rookie in the industry, but now no more.

Always make your team around you feel like you are succeeding, even though you know, way down deep, it's a long shot. You have to be the fighter and the leader and the one who instills energy and hope in others.

I try and be super vocal on the field because that's what we need, and that's what I want to do.

People are really capable if you're able to give them the confidence to get something done and paint the picture of where we need to go.