Harvey Mackay Quotes

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

I learned how to become a team player without losing my individual identity. I learned how to use my championship rings to champion social causes. And though I haven’t played basketball in decades I’m still learning how much my life as an athlete taught me how to live as a man, as an African American and as an American.

Success is to improve, grow up, build one team with personality, and then I want to win.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

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.

One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.

I'm just trying to be the best I can be. I try to surround myself with people who are strong in areas I'm weak. Which is why I have such a big staff.

Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

I had just left 'Saturday Night Live' when I came to 'The Daily Show,' and it just felt like Jon was on my side. I'll always be grateful to him for that. I just got the impression he wanted me to succeed, and then I wanted to succeed for him. I think that's good leadership.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.

I've been lucky enough to, for the most part, surround myself with a lot of people who are more talented than me and who I can learn from, and it makes me up my game.

I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better.

Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.

I'm not capable of being in a group where I'm not the leader. I did it once earlier in my career with Legacy, and that was cool because I was young and green and a rookie in the industry, but now no more.

I am here just to learn, to improve, to help my team improve.