Jamal Murray Quotes

You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

Leaders create a sense of urgency. And along with that you have to create a sense of hope and a direction.

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys to play so hard and so unselfish. I'm fine with that. I have no problem sharing that.

It's difficult to gel players.

Every team knows its strength.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

I think Mark Hughes is the type of manager people want to play for.

I don't think you can control people. I don't think you manage people. I think you give people a direction, you give them the resources, you lead by example. They get it right, you say, 'Atta girl.' And they get it wrong, you say, 'Not good.'

I think in a lot of ways, I handle the leadership role a little different than others. I'm not going to rah-rah or slap you across the helmet or push you. I'm going to talk to you.

In order to be successful you need to have a good team with a good core, so my whole thing is that I was always encouraging my teammates, and I try to lead them by example to play together, to play as a team.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

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.

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where we have a very team-oriented culture.

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.