Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.
The team is an extension of the coach.
You have to learn things in every game because you are not going to be able to practice two-and-a-half to three hours (during the season), so the games have to be the ultimate learning experience.
It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people
When I go in for heart surgery, I want a full-time surgeon. I don't want some guy who just does it part-time between rounds of golf. You want a guy who is doing it all the time and is always reading and learning about the most recent techniques.