Larry Dixon Quotes

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

There's not a day goes by that I don't ask, What would Coach Saban do?

You can learn a lot. You can learn how to win. You can learn how to be coached.

Everybody is inspired by someone.

I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.

Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

Sir Alex has a special place in my life. In fact, he was the main man. I was not famous, I was not a star. I arrived at Old Trafford as just another young talent. He was the one who told me to do all the right things. He gave me the opportunity to play in one of the biggest clubs in the world. So he is one of the most important people in the world for me. I worked with Sir Alex for a few years and I know he deserves ­everything that he has achieved in his career. He works so hard, he is clever, he has experience, he is a human guy.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish.

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.

I love doing what I do. I'm a born mentor. I've launched so many people's careers. I worked hard.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.