Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Quotes

I feel my overall skill set, my ability to make players around me better, and my ability to help my team win is unique.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

A good head has one hundred hands.

I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.

I know how to lead a room, but I also know how to take direction and be a contributor as an artist.

It ain't just one guy, it's a team game, and I'll get myself better, I'll keep working on my technique and trying to find ways to free myself and keep making plays.

Teams know what I bring to the table.

Learning to play different roles has made me a more all-round midfielder.

In building a management team, I look for integrity, loyalty, vision, and a willingness to think outside of the box, and challenge the status quo. I also look for people who have a good sense of humor and who value and empower their team.

I know people are going to put the main focus on stopping me, so I need to learn how to make my teammates better by passing and creating opportunities for them.

I think I have unique qualities that other people don't have that can contribute to the team.

I just try to do what I do by getting my teammates open and getting better at finishing and making plays when I can.

I know what I can bring to a team and I want to do that.

I think I can contribute to the team in a multitude of ways.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.