Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.

Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."

Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.

Everybody's got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.