Jon Gruden Quotes

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves.

I would not be who I am if I were not putting pressure on me to up the level of my game further.

I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better.

There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.

I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.

You always want your kids to step up at the moment of truth.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

I do believe in self-help.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

I don't set myself targets. Last season I scored hat-trick against Wolfsburg and three days later, that was forgotten, you're about to be judged again. When you've done well, you don't want another game, you just want to feel great. When you've done badly, you can't wait for another chance to come.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.

Now I don't work for the money or the glory. I just work because I like building businesses.

Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do.

I'm one of those people where, the more responsibility I have, the better I become. The more I rise up to it. The less responsibility I have, the more I can easily devolve.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'