You may not win the Super Bowl. Your kids may not go on to be doctors and lawyers and everything may not go perfectly. That doesn't mean it was a bad plan or the wrong thing. It's just like a football season. Everything's not going to go perfect.

It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal when you're in the trenches.

I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.

Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team's best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.

We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.