Patrick Vieira Quotes

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

I managed Zlatan when he was young and sometimes also difficult! But, okay, that is normal.

Coaching is not easy.

I like helping first-year head coaches.

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested.

I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.

I tried to stay with things until I thought they were on their feet and they learned to walk and talk.

But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.