Don Yaeger Quotes

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

There's not a day goes by that I don't ask, What would Coach Saban do?

Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

Everybody is inspired by someone.

I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.

A lot of people say Michael Jordan and all of that. But Magic Johnson and my dad were my role models.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

Sir Alex has a special place in my life. In fact, he was the main man. I was not famous, I was not a star. I arrived at Old Trafford as just another young talent. He was the one who told me to do all the right things. He gave me the opportunity to play in one of the biggest clubs in the world. So he is one of the most important people in the world for me. I worked with Sir Alex for a few years and I know he deserves ­everything that he has achieved in his career. He works so hard, he is clever, he has experience, he is a human guy.

I love doing what I do. I'm a born mentor. I've launched so many people's careers. I worked hard.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

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.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

Transformed people transform people.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.