John Wooden Quotes

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

It's through a leader's actions - what he or she does and says on a daily basis - that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.

To be a leader, you have to travel through the entire length and breadth of the country.

Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission.

I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is someone who gives positive energy to others which then results in a better change than would have happened. I think everyone is a leader.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.