#layers

Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#better #etc #good #good people #hire

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players. ↗

— Larry Bird

#able #ball #being #crowd #dish

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players. ↗

— Tony Dorsett

#nfl #players #protect #see #try

Guitar players never listen to lead singers. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#guitar players #lead #listen #never #players

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#directing #involved #layers #process #something

I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#childhood dream #did #down #dream #fans

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Evans

#become #coaches #crossed #dealt #decision

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players. ↗

— Julius Erving

#balance of power #definitely #had #i #now

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players. ↗

— Brian Bosworth

#football #football players #players #wrestlers

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis. ↗

— Chris Evert

#emotional #energies #even #lot #mental