Judy Smith Quotes

Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position.

I don't want to be one of those bosses... taking credit for phenomena that are out of my control.

I think coaches should get the same amount of credit in victory that they get in defeat.

You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.

I know who I am. My teammates know who I am. And my coaches know who I am.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

If you take the credit, you lose it. If you give away the credit, it comes back multiplied.

There are certain aspects that I miss of coaching. But you can't just pick out the good parts. You've got to be all-in and understand there's some negatives, too.

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I would obviously like to do it justice and keep performing well. The day I stop performing will be the day I happily relinquish the role.

I love to put the ball in other people's hands.

Every executive should be able to say four things: 'I don't know,' 'I need help,' 'I was wrong,' and 'Thank you.'

There is no good leader. First of all, if you think you are a leader, you are just messed up in your head. People should think you are a leader. If you think you are a big success, again, you are messed up. Other people should think you are a success.

I don't like to talk about myself. I don't want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected - and I expect - to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.

It does not matter if I'm Man of the Match.

I'm not going to put my team in any situation where I go 0-for-5 because I want to play and be a hero.

The captain thing was really an honor, and it was really flattering for me. It was really something that I didn't expect, and I would say that was the highlight of my career so far, being elected captain by my peers.

As long as I get a medal, I'm okay with sharing it.

I think, a lot of times, we talk about asking our players to be accountable. But I know that I'm imperfect. And if I can't admit a mistake, then what does that represent to our guys?

I think, in terms of looking at the trajectory and being around some of the same people, it's certainly flattering words, but I definitely have not done enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Coach Payton.

I'm not the most open player; I'm not the biggest clown. I just like going into the dressing room easy.