Donella Meadows Quotes

My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I'm not going to campaign. I'm just going to go out and show what I've got.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

People need to know their role to produce performances and results.

You hire a chief executive, pay him, and hold him accountable after a year or two. The time for so-called honorary jobs is over. What Pakistan squash needs is results, and that can only be achieved by professionals.

I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

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.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

Leadership is not what you said on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said. It’s what you’ve done.

The most important thing is that you can make tough decisions, discipline people when you need to, but also create a spirit to get the ultimate thing you're aiming for, which is winning enough games.

One word that seems to connect both leaders and employees is: 'outcomes.' Built into that word is the implicit and explicit understanding and agreement that effective actions lead to good outcomes; ineffective actions lead to poor outcomes.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.

I don't like to talk about myself. I don't want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected - and I expect - to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.

I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That's kind of the way I've always been, and I want to put those expectations on our team as well.

The important thing is to build a good team, a good block and get results from there.

I also expected a lot from Modi, like every citizen. Talking is different; delivering is important.

Having a head coach pushing you is definitely a plus.

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.