Bob Schieffer Quotes

I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

I remember working with a guy named Andrew Braccia at Yahoo, and Yahoo was the company that bought Flickr. Everyone on his team was hard working and reliable, did what they said they were going to do, on top of everything, and seemed to be operating at this level of productivity and effectiveness that I found difficult to manage to.

My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.

I just focus on what the team needs me to do to win.

Number one, I tell the quarterbacks, do your job. You've gotta do your job before you can even worry about anybody else or any other situation.

In every team, you have to win the respect of your team-mates, working a lot and really sweat blood.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.

If everyone knows the role they play, and they do their job - executing it well and with enthusiasm - it comes together successfully every time.

I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.

If you can inculcate in your team that every moment means everything, you can then step back to let them lead.

The main thing for me - as a leader, anyway, is that you perform well. That's most of the battle.

I want to make sure I do everything in my power to be a better teammate and player.

I focus only on the work with my team-mates with Dortmund and Gabon.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

If the right people do the right things, we can walk, we can have a future. But if people don't put time into it to make it run in a right way, I don't think your team will work.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.