Will Muschamp Quotes

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

I always try to make myself be very approachable and easy to talk to, so hopefully people will feel that they can approach me.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

Valued companionships begin with a personal commitment to be an exemplary companion.

Trust leads to approachability and open communications.

Lasting and strong relations cannot be built on short-lived interests. A credible partnership is inconceivable without shared values and commitment to the same ideas.

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.

For a coach to be able to help you, they need to get to know you well. They need to see what's happening - that you are not in the mood to talk, or something like this. It is very hard to find the right person.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation.

I think the biggest thing was that when I was in college, I really concentrated on personnel. That was my strength, and I was, in essence, my own recruiting coordinator. And when I went to the pros, I did the same thing.

The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life.

For me, it's common sense to treat other people like you would like to be treated. Empathy is a broad concept, but how do you get there? People get there differently. I get there by truly building a little trust and connection. You'll tell me something, I'll act on it, and then that builds on itself.

I've hired people I've met at parties and other events, and I've hired a lot of people right out of college. It's really based on personality as opposed to experience.

The biggest thing about Snoop is, you gotta understand, everybody wants a piece of him. They want to touch him. They want to talk to him.

I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.

Our biggest thing in the locker room is to just have fun and stay loose.

Building trust is very important.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

It's hard to enlist the support of people you don't know, but it's critical to growing your career, finding new customers, and building out your team.

When you have a fruitful relationship with someone, and you've both chosen to work together, then it can spawn really good things.

What you want to do is put people in a position where they feel connected enough to you that they're willing to collaborate with you; they're willing to show you the things that they were scared to tell you about before.

I think the big thing with Philly is I have such a great relationship with all the personnel decision makers that if there ever does come a day where I am traded or something does happen, it's going to be an open conversation.