Herb Brooks Lasting Lessons For Leaders


The late Herb Brooks was a great leader. He led a group of college kids to the 1980 Winter Olympics Gold Medal beating the heavily favorite Soviet Union team. The win is considered one of the greatest sports moments in history. Herb Brooks wasn’t afraid to push his players, to help them believe they had what it takes. The best leaders push people out of their comfort zone.  One of the best ways leaders can impact people is by helping them believe they have what it takes to be successful. Here are several quotes from Herb Brooks that can have a positive impact on leaders.

  • Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.
  • My recruiting key--I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot buy values. You're only as good as your values. I learned early on that you do not put greatness into people...but somehow try to pull it out.
  • Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future.
  • You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.
  • What is courage? Let me tell you what I think it is. An indefinable quality that makes a man put out that extra something when it seems there is nothing else to give. I dare you to be better than you are. I dare you to be a thoroughbred.
  • Great moments are born from great opportunities.
  • Legs feed the wolf.
  • Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.
  • We need to make some changes and that can only be good for the game. Tolstoy once said, 'Everybody wants to change the world, but they don't want to change themselves.'  So we all have to change our thinking and focus on getting our kids better.
  • We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams.



 

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