Ray Allen Quotes

Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

I look at power as the ability to get people motivated and to get them to do things that maybe they don't think are important but, in the end, are in pursuit of something greater than themselves.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

I can't be everywhere, but I'm always in one of my kitchens, and hopefully I'm motivating and inspiring.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership and partnership go together.

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

One of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

If I can be a leader, I will.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

Leadership is service to others.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. And I try to model that in all of my interactions.

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

I want to succeed, but I want to make an impact in the people's lives that I'm around. So that means teammates, fans, coaches, staff, everybody.

I think that's kind of who I am. I just try to be vocal and try to lead by example.

That's part of being a leader, being the guy that people look to and making everybody around you better.

I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.

Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.