Graeme Souness Quotes

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.

People need to be in charge of their development plan. They need to seek out their sponsors and their mentors and be very strategic.

I read books by other coaches all the time.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.

Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.

Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did.

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.

I want to continue to grow and evolve, and I want to help other people grow and evolve.

I believe that anyone with a bit of guidance can act.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

I am the recipient of the best coaching that one person has ever had.

The more I learn and grow, the more I feel fulfilled, and even if I'm shooting a commercial for a car or a computer, I try to deliver a filmmaker's point of view where I can learn from the experience. Then I really enjoy it.

That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.