Chuck Daly Quotes

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I would say for a team to win, you don't need big names. You just need the right pieces.

You have to let the team develop. You can't say, 'Oh, I got empty seats, I'm going to change the team.' It just doesn't work that way.

I enjoy difficult tasks. What's hard is finding the people to do them and finding a team to actually enjoy success. That is the real challenge of success.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.

The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach, as it always has been. It's the right way to go. We need clear role allocations, the coach and the captain go and execute and my job is to plan for the future.

You want to build your own team for the highest level, and that happens more with teams that stay together.

Of course, it is difficult to arrive at a big team in the first place, but it is even harder to stay there.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

I love managing characters. Characters make teams and I believe I can deal with all sorts. The most important thing is being able to pass my knowledge on to others and allowing them to flourish as individuals and as part of a team with a specific strategy.

When the key players in your team perform well, the team does well, too.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

Everybody on my team - I couldn't do their jobs. I could not. I really mean that. So I figured out early on that the way you're successful is you hire really successful people.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

My No. 1 priority, and it always has been this, is keeping our team together and making sure we have the right guys in the right positions to make a run at this for a long time.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.