Kevin Plank Quotes

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

Management teams aren't good at asking questions. In business school, we train them to be good at giving answers.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

One guy that really inspired me was Michael Jordan. I wouldn't say that he inspired me as a sportsman, but I love going back and watching videos of him, especially how he conducts himself in interviews. He always seemed to be very careful about the words that he used and thought about everything differently to anybody else.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

I think a good director is a good listener.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools, you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

I can let the team do the talking for me.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

I'm quite a social person, quite a communicator, and I like to have the work of other people around.

A big part of the job of being a showrunner is, in my way of thinking, being a good communicator because there's really no other way to have hope for getting what you want, at the end of the day.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

I always talk about being a team player, I think I'm really good team player. I was a big voice in the changing room before games and nothing really changed for me.

Every team knows its strength.