Bill Cartwright Quotes

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

You have to be able to do everything as a quarterback, and that's not necessarily taking care of your job but making sure you're preparing everyone else to go out and play well. And make sure you have them in the right mindset when they step on the field.

It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.

I look at the group I've got and then I decide what strengths and weaknesses they have and then I formulate an appropriate way the players can work in order to be collectively successful.

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

Nobody on Earth does a project by himself. So you have to make sure your team is intact.

I believe I am a player that can organise the game well for my team.

I grew up as a point guard, and as a point guard you learn how to navigate situations.

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

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

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

I like being a leader in real life.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.