- When he was young, his dad told him that his job as a teacher was to help people get As.
- His coach later told him that his job was to help his player play better.
- He saw his role as helping.
- Leadership is all about helping those that you lead.
- He tried to develop relationships and help his players understand that he was there for them.
- He was initially criticized for being too soft.
- He believed that if the players would believe he was really there for them that a bond would form that would lead to them succeeding and their team leading.
- Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.
- Persist, stick with what you believe.
- Football and winning aren’t everything. Family life and spiritual life is everything.
- I didn’t want to burn my assistants to the ground.
- He tried to schedule time for them to have sufficient family time.
- If people are doing well at home they will do better at work.
- I’d show you what I’m doing.
- Be efficient.
- Don’t waste time.
- Don’t mistake hours for productivity.
- We can be more efficient if we work hard in the time we allot.
- We have to be available for people to mentor.
- When God has blessed us we have to share it.
- When you are looking, look for people you admire.
- Mentoring can happen at a distance.
- A 30-second conversation from a mentor can change your life.
- He watched Tom Landry from afar.
- Mentors don’t always have to be icons.
- They can be people around you that are just slightly ahead of where you are in your life.
- You can mentor someone from any level.
- It’s incumbent on the person who is mentoring… discovering what people need, their stories, etc.
- The person being mentoring has to be forward to express what they need.
- The mentor shouldn’t be the one always asking questions.
- Mentoring is a process of building trust.
- Informal is much more powerful than formal.
- He was going to quit his football team his senior year of high school.
- His coach encouraged him to stick with it.
- Why would you ever let anyone stop you from doing something you enjoy?
- Don’t allow others perception of who you are determine who you will be.
- The biggest thrill you get in mentoring is seeing people developing and growing.
- His biggest thrill wasn’t winning the SuperBowl, it was seeing his players becoming better people.
- We have to be intentional to reach out to the young people in our communities.
- They are young people everywhere looking for mentors.
- He sees himself working more with young people and investing in their lives.
- His parents and many others, but Jesus Christ was the most important.
- He’s been the best mentor and leader I’ve had.
- What would it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul?
- Christ came to give us a relationship with God and show us a way to live.
- Nothing can take away from my relationship with Christ.