Roberto Carlos Quotes

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

Zidane transmits a very clear idea to the players. He doesn't need to give a 20 minute motivational talk, he doesn't need it. With his presence alone, he achieves what he wants - his personality is synonymous with success.

Guardiola can get the best out of everyone and that's why he is what he is.

It's not always the player that's talking in the dressing room that becomes a good manager. It's a feeling that you need to develop, it's a feeling that needs to grow on you.

Quarterbacks are the leaders of the team, and I want to try to get guys going. That's a job of a leader. That's a job of a quarterback.

Phil Jackson is a mastermind, and he knows how to keep his team from being complacent.

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.

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.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

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

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.