Quotes on team leadership

From Matt Irvin / 2007 Coach of the Year Clinic Notes manual:

"A leader is someone who mobiles others toward a goal shared by leader and follower"-
Gary Wills

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he
wants to do it"- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Leadership is influence"-John Maxwell

"Honesty is necessary in holding things together. Honest relationships are built on a

common sense of trust and confidence among the individuals involved. Trust and confidence
in each other was an important part of team chemistry"- Tom Osborne

"The supreme quality for a leader is unquestionable integrity. If a man's associates find him
guilty of phoniness, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings
and actions must agree with each other"- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Integrity for a leader is a simple concept; it is a choice of behaviors displayed in small daily
decsions. Leaders engage in actions that follow their words and beliefs. In other words, their
core covenants and their behaviors align. Their yes means yes, their no means no. The
individual with integrity says what he means and follows that exact path. His word is good
and his handshake confirms the deal, and his handshake means something. A leader
without integrity says and signs what is required and then does what he wants. Teams
made up of leaders without integrty tend to self destruct, as the lack of integrity is exposed
in a team environment. Any team needs to rely on teams to act with integrity"- Bruce
Brown

"The price of greatness is responsiblity"- Sir Winston Churchill

"The true leader is responsible and demonstrates it by taking personal accountability and
action for whatever happens to him. The leader has to come to the realization that work and
practice are the surest way to improve"

"The good-to-great leaders never wanted to become larger-than-life heroes. They were
seemingly ordinary people who quietly produced extraordinary results"-Jim Collins

"Most often, you can take the best team and the worst team and line them up and
you would find very little physical difference, You would find an emotional
difference. The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core group of veteran
players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat"- Merlin Olson