Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it's completely crazy is completely crazy.

You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening.

If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.

We all know gifs are pronounced "jifs," right? Their creator says so, damn it!

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

"Extra effort," in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns. There has to be a very acute awareness on your part as to the level of exertion and the toll it's taking on those you lead.