Jeff Bridges Quotes

Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

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

I'm somebody who inspires by his own performances, by the way he conducts himself on and off the field. My discipline... I look to inspire by my actions, not just words.

I would like to be remembered as the guy who worked hard every night and set an example for the other guys in the locker room and girls in the locker room.

I've got a lot of belief in Aaron Gordon and he's one of the reasons that I took the job here with the Magic. When a guy cares as much as he does and works as hard as he does, that impacts the group. And that type of attitude is infectious.

He didn't work for money. He worked because he loved kids and education.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

I never thought I'd be a role model but I think to some people I am or have been.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

Being a role model is a privilege.

I would love to be a role model.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.

I want to be a role model.

I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

If thou wouldst help others, deal with them as though they were what they should be

When you see a guy play hard, it's kind of like you want to follow him.

I just want to lead by example.