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Quotes About Leadership

One of my favourite players is, of course, Marcus Rashford.
~ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Respect is the most essential thing about captaincy. Respect between the captain and players is important. It is give and take.
~ Shahid Afridi
The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.
~ Terry Bradshaw
Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.
~ Adam Oates
I was inspired by players like Pepe or Sergio Ramos because they are defenders and by someone like Cristiano Ronaldo, who is an example for any footballer.
~ Raphael Varane
When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.
~ Louis van Gaal
I've had good players in my time. I really have.
~ Jim Boeheim
When players come in and we talk to them about what it means to be a Miami Heat player, we point them at Udonis Haslem.
~ Erik Spoelstra
I've been really lucky, played with a lot of great players, lot of great coaches.
~ Diana Taurasi
At the end of the day, it's my players play against their players, and the end of the day, that's what's important.
~ Pep Guardiola
Galliani is a great leader but can't understand players.
~ Paolo Maldini
Imran never lost faith in us as players, individually and as a team, and that gave us the confidence to win. He was a leader par excellence, and Pakistan have seen none like him.
~ Inzamam-ul-Haq
It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.
~ Dabo Swinney
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
~ Bill Parcells
It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.
~ Dale Murphy
The feeling Klopp gives to the players... you want to run for him.
~ Adam Lallana
What captains want is players who move well in the field.
~ MS Dhoni
Leading a group of players who want to win is much easier than leading a group that doubt themselves, aren't committed or are divided.
~ Cafu
Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.
~ Dimitar Berbatov
A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.
~ Earl Weaver
I think the more common players who have been around for a while - Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad - those guys I know of, they're fantastic players.
~ Dale Steyn
I talk to the players, either individually or as a group, what I'm feeling, and I think the players appreciate that. And I think they respond to that.
~ Ryne Sandberg
Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.
~ Athol Fugard
My playground was our company. That's really where I grew up.
~ Linda Johnson Rice