People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.
Pep GuardiolaRead
The reason we are here is thinking, 'What can we do to make this club a better club?' I don't want the guys to think about what the club can do for them.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of selflessness in leadership and the collective effort to improve a community or organization.
Pep Guardiola's quote highlights the core principle of leadership: focusing on how individuals can contribute to the greater good rather than expecting benefits. By encouraging club members to think about how they can enhance the club for everyone, he fosters a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility, which is essential for the success and growth of any group.
In practice
This quote could be used in a club meeting to inspire members to contribute more actively.
People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.
In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.
Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.
Put in the superlatives yourselves, I'm running out. It's already been a while now that he has been outstanding. He's more than decisive in every way. That he's capable of doing everything that he does at his age is something impressive, that doesn't make any sense.
If you want to win, you have to beat the big teams in Europe, and Juventus are awesome.
There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football.
Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.
The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.
We have to help others. I hope that some of the young players today understand that. It's not about them. The Man Upstairs gave them that ability to play, and play consistently, but he also wants them to open their hearts and understand that people need their help.
I fear no one, but respect everyone.
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.
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