Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

If I could have my kids be great when the lights are on, whatever the moment is, to be accountable and then fix it, they're going to be fine.

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

I try to stay very true to the kind of person that I want to be and the kind of athlete and the kind of professional I continually strive to be.

I want to be a stand-up guy, a smart guy, a business guy. I always have that in my mind.

Jeter was no choir boy, Jeter has lived a life. But it's always stayed separate from what happened when he showed up at Yankee Stadium. And that's really to his credit.

The NFL goes to great lengths to protect what it calls 'the integrity of the game.' The same should be said for us as individuals. Integrity, the truthful interaction of word and deed, not only creates leaders in the locker room who are worthy of being followed; it is also vital for success at home.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

To be a great leader, first become a great person.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

What you do on the court, off the court, in the classroom, it's all the same. Your habits, the way you treat class, your relationships - it's all the same. Do it right or don't do it.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

When you sign your name on the dotted line, it's more than just playing baseball. You have a responsibility to make good decisions and show people how things are supposed to be done.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.

I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.