“You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team”
"It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people"
- Don Meyer
Compassion
"There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play"
- Don Meyer
Inspiration
"Make the practices like games and the games like practices"
- Don Meyer
Inspiration
"The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else"
- Don Meyer
Motivation
"Practice shared suffering. If one guy messes up, everyone runs. If one guy does well, everyone benefits."
- Don Meyer
Teamwork
"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