Vince Lombardi Quotes

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

I know Donald Trump quite well. We've never shared values, he and I. But I respected his ability to turn it around. So I respect somebody who can turn things around and be successful. I think the president's communication style is the most difficult thing because he actually does care, people who know him know he cares. But his style of communication, his combative approach, the elements of ego that are obviously there in all of us but seem to be more easy to see in the president sometimes than other people, get in the way of his capacity to lead, unfortunately.

I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.

The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.

The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.

B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon.

The leader has to command the respect of all those under his supervision - and he must be open to those under his supervision. Effective leadership means having a lot of people working toward a common goal. And when you have that with no one caring who gets the credit, you're going to accomplish a lot. If you have those just wanting the credit for themselves, you're not going to get as much accomplished.

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.

Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.

...love is essentially a much simpler phenomenon--it becomes complicated, corrupted or obstructed by an unequal balance of power.

Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.

I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which means you bend so you don't break. Treat your spouse with the flexibility and respect you would give to a top client. Think how we treat clients; We smile, we are polite, we listen to their ideas. Never forget that your spouse is your most important client.

I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come to an end as soon as possible.

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.