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

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.

The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).

As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone

On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)

The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses