Edin Dzeko Quotes

A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.

I just try and be helpful to the players in every way possible.

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.

Anytime you can help a younger player out that's what you're supposed to do.

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

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Leadership is not about you; it's about investing in the growth of others.

The best piece of advice I've received is find a mentor, but also mentor others. You have two hands, so reach up, look for as many mentors as you can to get where you want to go, but never forget that you have another hand, and you have to reach down and lift others up, too.

All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

I am there for the athletes I coach.

I'm very grateful for Scott Hall's willingness to take me under his wing and help me.

I think the best players in the world make the players around them better. And I'm always trying to do that.

I felt like a coach. I just wanted to do what I could as far as helping guys understand what was going to happen early and get the best feedback I could and be a great teammate.

You compete to win games, but the people that you meet and are able to help, develop and grow - that's the most rewarding part of this job.

Players have to let themselves be helped.

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

I had great teammates. Adam Jones took great care of me. Mike Gonzalez took good care of me.

I'd like to help out in any way I can, especially with the younger guys in the minor leagues. But as far as setting something up, we haven't really talked about it.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

I believe in backing players and helping them out with their game.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.