Ryan Day Quotes

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

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.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

If you know you're supported, you're going to work harder, you're going to be more focused on your mission.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Every day, when I am working with my boys, I tell them as long as you put in your best efforts, I am there to back you. But the day I find your energy flagging on the field, the day I find you have not put in your best, that's when I will be really upset and sad.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

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

The thing I get the most that I really love is that people don't so much mention films I've been in or shows I've been in as they say, instead, 'I love you. I just love your perseverance.' That really pleases me.

I am there for the athletes I coach.

I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.

It is important and a good sign when somebody compares you with a good coach.

All I can do is work hard, prepare the players properly, give them everything I've got and they give me everything they've got.

It's awesome for your coach to trust you and have confidence in you.

When you care about the players you are working with, that's when they want to play hard for you.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

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

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.