Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of...
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“I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.”
“I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.”
“Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.”
“Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?”
“You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.”
“Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.”
“All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.”
Source: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports (featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre Agassi)
“A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.”
Source: Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation
“I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.”
“I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.”
“Success is never final, but failure can be.”
Source: Parcells: A Football Life
“Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.”
“If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.”
“I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.”
“You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.”
“Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.”
“I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.”