Mike Pompeo Quotes

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

One thing I've always prided myself on is understanding that to have success, you have to have high-character kids.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

Humanity is in my heart. Do I suffer fools? No. Am I a stickler for my profession? Yes. I am a task master? Yes. My military background, football background, I'm a team player all the way, and I love winning.

You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future—far more than particular government programs or policies.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.

I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me.

When you're talking to potential professional athletes, I really like to talk about the fact that even though you're a great athlete, that doesn't make you a good person. And if you can build that foundation first, everything else usually follows suit.

Mourinho helped me grow. He taught me to be patient, to keep fighting, and to respect the coach's decisions. He helped me mature and turned me into a man.

Integrity delivers better lives.

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.

Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.