Nick Woodman Quotes

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

All we do is sign great teams, and stay out of the way. The rest will take care of itself.

If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am.

I trust the team around me to guide my career in the right direction, I just do the fighting.

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

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.

I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

Obviously I've got a great team of people within the company. You can't operate all by yourself. We have a good board of directors and a big bench, and they can make decisions if I'm not around.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

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.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.

Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is getting in their way. Which means find out what kind of important work your developers dislike the most, and do it for them.

The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.

We could all use more coaching.

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.

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

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

My dream is to become an important coach of a great team, possibly Juventus. So, I'm observing and putting aside all the secrets of the various coaches that I have had to try to get the best out of myself.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

I love building a team around me, and being able to support a group of people is one of the best feelings I've come to know during my career; I imagine this is what a lot of business owners can relate to this.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.