Zac Taylor Quotes

I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with.

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.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

Playing every day with important players is good for a young player: you are always learning from experienced players.

You learn a lot from quality players.

There were some great veterans who I learned so much from and who helped make me the best I could be as a player.

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.

The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.

I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.

It is important to watch and learn from the seniors in the team.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

I'm by no means an expert at coaching high school football. I'm doing the best I can in Year 1. But I've already learned a lot of lessons and I imagine I'll keep learning them.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Playing one year under Coach K feels like you've played for three years. I learned so much from him; gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge from him.

All the different coaches and styles of play I've seen helped me develop, to relate to my teammates.

I felt like a coach. I just wanted to do what I could as far as helping guys understand what was going to happen early and get the best feedback I could and be a great teammate.

My international experience has given me a feel for the game other freshmen and college players don't have. I plan to take that to make my teammates better.

I think I'm going to improve a team the day I get there, honestly. I think I can be the guy who can play right away, the guy who can sit if I need to and learn.

I think I constantly refer back to some of the things that I learned in New England and throughout my career. It was a great stepping stone, and it also gave me time to mature as a player and as a quarterback.

I've played for some really good coaches, been on some really good teams. I learned a lot.