"I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game"

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency"

"Character matters; leadership descends from character"

"In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are"

"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers"

"Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world"

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it"

"Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes"

"The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again"

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football"

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers"