Simon Sinek Quotes

Quitting is not an option. I will not let anyone on this team quit.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I walked off when my eyes began to sting. She said to me, 'You start something and you finish it', and that stuck with me. I'm persistent.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

Until the day I die, I am going to make my body a bridge so that somebody can run across it.

Giving is most important to show the less fortunate that you don't give up. You always want to live a better life.

There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don't think I'd have a place to stay.

I tell my 5-year-old, 'Once you commit to something, stick it out.' I would never want him to look at Dad and think Dad was a quitter.

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

I think I did that in my career, in Boston and Miami, being ready to play and at the same time when your number is not called, be ready to support your teammates, go out and be productive while not playing.

I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

I try to be a player who is there for the team, even off the pitch.

Some nights, you're tired. But I just like to go out there and help my team win and not let my team down. It's the least I can do.

A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

I promise I will get up every day, determined to make a difference... I am ready to serve.

I just want to keep on working hard and helping my team-mates out.

If I hit a bad punt, and some guys don't make a tackle, and I have to make a tackle for them, that's my opportunity to step up for my teammates.

You have to be strong for people when you don't wanna be strong. You have to be clean-showered, clean, clean-cut for people. You have to set an example.

I'm trying to do whatever it takes to help my team.

I gave everything I had - on the floor, trying to be the best leader that I could, trying to help the guys as much as I could, putting in the extra work.

Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down.