Pat Williams famous quotes

Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
-- Pat Williams

#Heart #Views #People

As a leader you have to recognize that it all starts with you: your attitude, your commitment, your caring, your passion.
-- Pat Williams

#Attitude #Passion #Commitment

Steal what works, fix what's broke, fake the rest.
-- Pat Williams

#Fake #Stealing #Broke

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.
-- Pat Williams

#Powerful #Communication #Tools

Books are health food for your brain and dessert for your soul. Books are one of the few proven sources of mental exercise known to man. Reading is a workout for your mind. If your body needs thirty minutes of exercise a day, so does your thinker.
-- Pat Williams

#Workout #Book #Reading

I don't think leaders are born. Well, they're born; everybody's born, but I think leadership can be enhanced, they can be developed, and I think that it's important we do that, particularly with our youngsters.
-- Pat Williams

#Thinking #Leader #Important

This vacation tip: If you see a gas station with a sign that says Clean Rest Rooms, it means one thing--the door is locked and no one can find the key.
-- Pat Williams

#Mean #Vacation #Keys

There are many ways to study Walt Disney, but I think learning about Walt as a leader probably has had the biggest impact on me.
-- Pat Williams

#Thinking #Impact #Leader

To live fully your well-read life -at any age- it is essential to take your selection of books seriously. When you drift from book to book, you're lulled into thinking that this lack of focus is right and natural - but it's as wrong as can be. Some serendipity in your reading is delightful, but if you wanted to build a house, would you wait for the materials to assemble themselves? - Steve Leveen
-- Pat Williams

#Book #Reading #Thinking

Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
-- Pat Williams

#Basketball #Nba #Coaching

Frank went out for baseball and while he wasn't very good, it wasn't a total loss. The coach used him as a pattern to drawn the on-deck circle.
-- Pat Williams

#Baseball #Loss #Circles

What do you have when you have an agent buried up to his neck in sand? Not enough sand.
-- Pat Williams

#Funny #Nba #Necks

Well, just to dispel all the myths, Walt [Disney] was not anti-Semitic. He was not racist in any way, shape, or form. He was not frozen when his life ended. He's not in some frozen vault right now waiting to make a big comeback.
-- Pat Williams

#Waiting #Racist #Frozen

When you think about Walt [Disney]'s life, I don't know of anybody on Earth over the last hundred years who has touched as many people as he did. He's touched every nation on Earth.
-- Pat Williams

#Thinking #Years #People

The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.
-- Pat Williams

#Basketball #Cheer #Home

Don't hide your goosebumps.
-- Pat Williams

#Monday #Morning #Monday Morning