Katee Sackhoff Quotes

I let the coach do his job.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

In life, you'll often find that having influence and providing sound advice is a good thing, even if it attracts criticism or requires some sacrifice.

When you're the younger guy, you're kind of only looking after yourself. Obviously you have to be a bit selfish in terms of what you're doing. But when you're the older guy you have to look out for the younger guys as well. If they're making mistakes, they need help, then you help them.

Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind.

People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

Be the chief but never the lord.

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.

Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

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

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

People look for their leadership to lead.