Quotes About Performance

People must have affirmation and praise in order to maintain a high level of performance. Withholding negative or critical comments is not nearly as important as giving positive input through compliments and praise.

Nothing speaks like results.

CHARACTER COMMUNICATES CONSISTENCY Leaders without inner strength can't be counted on day after day because their ability to perform changes constantly. NBA great Jerry West commented, "You can't get too much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." If your people don't know what to expect from you as a leader, at some point they won't look to you for leadership.

The rewards leaders give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return.

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THEM

Good actions represent the dividing line between words and results.

In general, there are no bad audiences; only bad speakers.

Behavior that is rewarded is behavior that will continue.

People cannot perform in a way inconsistent with the way they see themselves.

La valentía es la capacidad de desempeñarse correctamente cuando uno está lleno de miedo».

If a team is to accomplish its goals, it has to know where it stands.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.

Adultery and cruelty have well-marked courses of action but what can a man do when his wife wants to appear naked on the stage?

Baz? insanlar tutkular?n? bir maceradan çok bir performans olarak yaÅŸarlar.

but now I began to notice odd moments that suggested he was not the brightest lighthouse on the coastline. For instance, he once got very cross during assembly because he felt the boys had become lazy, and so he demanded that every single boy in the school should improve his ranking in class in the course of the next fortnight.

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

The time for forgiveness and overlooking and waiting is over because you just don't have those numbers of games left. We got to have people going out there now doing the job, not hoping they are doing it.

I should be an actor because I'm pretty dang good at hiding the pain.

I promise not to lip-sync when I sing you Happy Birthday.

Let's see Magic Mike for your birthday unless you'd rather objectify men in person.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

In this program anyway, winning's more valuable than being a good person.