Joe Lhota Quotes

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

Once you're more aware of people's needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you're responsible for your own well-being, too.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

When you see your leader not at 100 percent, you just want to play a little harder because of that.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

I think the people of New York have done a pretty great job with coming together for Sandy relief.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with.

I don't put together cars, I put together people.

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability... When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.

My heart reaches out to you missionaries. You simply cannot do it alone and do it well. You must have the help of others. That power to help lies within each of us.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

We have gone through some difficult times like everyone else and perhaps our working together and respecting each other's abilities, in addition to that little thing called love, helped us survive.