Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.

When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals

If you set up an atmosphere of community and trust, it becomes a tradition. Older team members will establish your credibility with newer ones. Even if they don't like everything about you, they'll say, 'He's trustworthy, committed to us as a team.'

There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable

Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?

Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.