Eugenio Derbez Quotes

The coin of the realm of leadership is trust and confidence.

Just because you're the coach, you don't automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of the people.

I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.

Luckily, as a director I can just tell people what I need and I don't need to tell them how to get it.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

Directing, what little I know, is as much knowing when to step in as when to step out.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.

I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

I can lead my team.

It was a really empowering thing playing with Golden State, because they let the players play and they let the players communicate and they let the players decide things.

Being president isn't a solo position. You surround yourself with highly qualified people that are smarter about issues than you are. But that's not enough. You then have to listen to them.

You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.

I've always tried to be a leader.

You're getting to know these guys as people, and as players. You have to develop a rapport. They give me a lot of respect.

With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.