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| I could never have... | I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. Copy | ||
| I got put into... | I got put into leadership roles very early in life from fifth grade, sixth grade. I always ended up being the quarterback or the leader of the sports teams, and it's kind of benefiting me now. Copy | ||
| My dad, who was... | My dad, who was a teacher, used to tell me that a teacher's goal should be for every one of their students to get an A. If that's your goal every day - to make every student or player learn - then it doesn't matter if you won last year or didn't win. When next year's team shows up, I try to help every player become as good as they can be. Copy | ||
| The book is actually... | The book is actually called 'A Mentor Leader, a Different Way to Lead.' It really talks about my experience in the way I tried lead our football team, things that I learned from, basically, the coaches that I played for and my parents about leadership. And it is a little bit different, counter to maybe what society says about great leaders. Copy | ||
| The secret to success... | The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. Copy | ||
| We have so many... | We have so many young men, especially, who are growing up without their dads. We have to fill that void. We have to do a better job helping young people see what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman. And then, somehow, we have to put that family structure back together. Copy | ||
| You never know what's... | You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never. Copy | ||
| You're born with some... | You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that. Copy |
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