Quotes About Leadership

Kobe Bryant demands his teammates to be the best every night, and he's not afraid to challenge them. He's not afraid to challenge them publicly, he's not afraid to challenge them in the locker room, and that's what you need from a leader.

My teammates, they kid me all the time. My nickname is the doctor or the president in the locker room.

When I am aggressive, I think that is going to help my teammates.

When I do play I try to be the best to help my teammates.

I always think how I should play to make the most out of my teammates' abilities and their established styles.

I would say I'm not like the loudest guy, but I lead by example, and I just make sure all my teammates are on the same page and that they know that everybody has a job to do.

You never want to put yourself in a position where you can bring negativity to yourself or the organization and your teammates.

Putting my teammates first was the best thing I could've done. Once I did that, things started to happen for me. I started to see the game differently. It wasn't about me anymore. It was more about my team.

I began my journey as a captain when I was just 21-22 and leading the Indian side for so many years has helped me also grow as a person. My growth as a person pretty much has happened on the ground along with teammates.

I think naturally I've been kind of a lead-by-doing guy. Just showing up to work every day. You never ask teammates something you wouldn't do yourself.

I know who I am. My teammates know who I am. And my coaches know who I am.

Great coaches help create an environment that makes the players want to be successful and work hard and accomplish goals for their teammates.

The really great players, I think embrace playing unselfishly and embrace playing in a system that ultimately kind of lifts up their teammates or their role players and guys who are around them.

I enjoy being held accountable, I enjoy holding my teammates accountable and being someone that my teammates can depend on.

I'd never be a jerk with my teammates because I know I need them to be successful.

I know how important I am to my team, my teammates. They tell me every day.

Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.

I think the thing that helps you get to the next level is being able to affect the game in different ways. And that's me getting my teammates shots instead of me just coming off pin-downs.

My mentality is I have to be better for my teammates.

My whole time at Dunbar, I've had great players around me. My teammates, my coaches.

I'm talking to my teammates and talking to the opponent. That's the type of player I am.

If you want to be successful and you want your teammates to respect you, you got to be open to advice from the older guys.

I trust my teammates and everybody to step up and carry the load.

Some of the good teammates, when it comes for me, has always been someone who interacts with your teammates - movies, dinners, buses, planes, and so what I tend to do is, the older I've gotten, I actually hang out with more younger guys than I do older guys.