Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

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

A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time

Visualize a wagon wheel as a complete team. A leader might be the hub of the wheel at the center. Now suppose the spokes are the connecting relationships the leader is building with people on the outer rim of the wheel. If the hub is removed, then the entire wheel collapses. In a situation like that, if a team loses the leader, the entire team collapses.

Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.

Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.

As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure. But when our goal is to try to win, when our focus is on preparation and sacrifice and effort instead of on numbers on a scoreboard then we will never lose.