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1 " For God's sakes, quit worrying about your next job. Just do the best you can at the job you have now, and the offers will come. And when they do, if you have confidence in yourself you don't have to feel that you can't turn it down if it isn't quite right for you because you fear you'll never get another offer. You will. Wait for the right opportunity, and turn down all the rest. It will make all the difference. "
― , Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership
2 " Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time. "
3 " The upset is in the mind of the favorite. "
4 " I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn't show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren't going to be able to do anything else. "
5 " Early is on time and on time is late. "
6 " Every coach, every executive, every leader: They all know right from wrong. Even those Enron guys. When someone uncovers a scandal in their company, I don't think they can say, "I didn't know that was going on." They're just saying they're too dumb to do their job! And if they really are too dumb, then why are they getting paid millions of dollars to do it? They know what's going on. "
7 " If you do not like people, you will not take the time to get to know them, and if you don't get to know them, you will have no idea what scares them, what inspires them, what motivates them. "
8 " The team, the team, the team. "
9 " I do not believe in sitting on a problem. Because the longer you sit on that thing, the longer it'll irritate you. If you're keeping it to yourself, there's nothing the guy you're mad at can do to fix it, either, because you haven't told him why you're mad. "
10 " Those who stay will be Champions. "
11 " Every day we get better, or we get worse. "
12 " You can NOT be a leader unless you like people! You’ve got to spend time with them, so you know them. You’ve got to be interested in who they are, what they do away from the job, and how they think. "
13 " If you want to become a great leader, you need to prepare yourself to become a great leader, and the best way to do that is to study great leaders. "
14 " If you want to be a truly great leader, you’ll develop other great leaders below you. "