Famous Quotes & Sayings

(Mahan) has really stepped up and become a real leader on the team out there.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Bobby Knight

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Bobby Knight

It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language. My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.

Bob Ehrlich

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

Bob Ehrlich

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

Bob Corker

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

Bob Cousy

In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?

Bob Dylan

Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.

Bob Dylan

Don't follow leaders.

Boris Yeltsin

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

Bonnie Blair

It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.

Bruce Henderson

Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.

Bruce Forsyth

I'm the leader of the pack, which makes me such a lucky Jack, for openers, here's a pair of cuties, here's my darling dealing beauties.

Brendon Burchard

Why do we universally admire and respect a Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, or any other leader or legend from history's pantheon? It is because they were guided by integrity-based practices. They stood for something. They didn't break with the values they believed in just because they faced struggle.

Brian Schweitzer

The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.

Brian Tracy

Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness in leadership

Brian Tracy

Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves

Brian Tracy

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Brian Tracy

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Brian Tracy

Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Brian Tracy

Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.

Brian Tracy

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

Brian Tracy

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.

Brian Tracy

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

Brian Tracy

Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

Brian Tracy

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

Brian Tracy

The more excited and committed you are to your work, the more excited and committed will be the people around you. The leader always sets the tone for the department or organization.

Brian Tracy

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Brian Tracy

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

Brian Tracy

Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.

Brian Herbert

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

Brian Boitano

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.