“How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.”
"Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half."
- Bum Phillips
Success
"Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do."
- Bum Phillips
Leadership
"You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else."
- Bum Phillips
Responsibility
"You fail all the time, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else."
- Bum Phillips
Failure
"You fail all the time. But you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else."
- Bum Phillips
Learning from Mistakes
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership
"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."
- Harvey Mackay
Leadership
"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."
- Angela Ahrendts
Leadership
"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."
- Stanley McChrystal
Leadership
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."
- Jack Welch
Leadership