Rasheed Wallace Quotes

I don't want to put off negative vibes to my teammates. That's kind of my leadership mentality.

I'm going to be someone who smiles and brings joy to the locker room and to the field.

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.

One of the things I had to really work on is, when you're the leader of an organization, people look at the expression on your face. Your mood has a lot to do with how people think the whole organization is doing.

It is when your team is losing that the captain has to keep the players together. He has to fight for them.

I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That's what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I'm not the big rah-rah guy.

The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never occurs if you try to separate yourself as part of the problem.

At training, I consider myself a bit of a morale booster. I take a pack of lollies just to boost the boys' morale. I see that as crucial. I try and be a good influence and keep a high energy.

I mean, as a coach, as a leader of an organization, you represent your fan base and everybody that works and all that, and that's passion.

For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

I've always been a guy to keep positive energy on the sideline.

Neil Lennon was a great manager; he really got your team in the mood and wanting to play for him.

Neymar has the capability to be a leader in the absence of Leo. He's one of those players who can make the team feel better.

When you hear cheers at the moment you need a bit of a push, players can react to that and perform at their best.

Klopp knows how to motivate players. He speaks to them individually, gets their confidence up, makes them believe and grow in quality. He makes his players feel happy. And they then take that happiness onto the field. He builds that into them.

Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.

A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.

You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

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

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.