Once again I am going to streamline things and incorporate my question for chapter five in with my favorite quote...
"A leader in sports, business or any other field of endeavor should possess and provide the same qualities inherant in a good parent: character, consistency, dependability, accountability, knowledge, good judgement, selflessness, respect, courage, discipline, fairness, and structure. And while all these will make you a good leader they will not make you a great leader. For that, one additional quality - perhaps the most important of all - is necessary... I believe you must have love in your heart for those under your leadership." (p 80)
Ok, so my question is this: Do you agree with this statement (that love is the most important quality)? If yes, why? If no, then what do you think is the most important and why??
Personally I think that love is very important, but I also think that love without discipline, or love without selflessness, or love without character, or love without any number of the other qualities is pointless and hypocritical. So, I guess in a way I'd agree that Love is the most important because if you genuinely love those under your leadership you'll want what'sbest for them and all those other qualities will take care of themselves.... What do you think??
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This chapter hands down is my favorite so far. I really liked it because this is something that as far as basketball goes, we never had a problem with.
ReplyDeleteWoooden says on page 81 "...for a good leader, the tean is nothing less than extended family."
The past couple years in basketball I have come to find this so true. The girls on the bball team have defenitly become just more family and I think it will only get better this year, even though some of them have moved on. When the team is like a family, there is just more support there and the team is that much tighter and more likely to stick together thru everything.
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I think love is very significant, but it can't just be by itself. Sometimes you have to be strict or mean or some other emotion that's not what love is about so that you are a leader. But you also need love because without it your intentions aren't really good. So I guess you want to be loved and respected...you gotta have that love in there though.
Wooden quotes this on page 82, "Coach Stagg Said,' I loved all my players the same, I just didn't like them all the same.'"
ReplyDeleteI think it is very important to love and appreciate everyone on the team, and to appreciate each and every talent and skill brought by each player to the team. But that won't necessarily mean you like the person bringing it. Which in my opinion is fine, as long as it does not make your choices bias, or creates problems and disunity on the team. There will always be the players that will be your best friends, and those that will continue to just be one of your teammates. None the less, they are apart of your family, and therefore must be treated equally and loved as every other individual in your family.
Love I would definitely agree is the most important. Like Chris said if you love, then everything else will just work out. Love is so powerful, and in my opinion in order to love you will naturally begin to show the other important characteristics. To be loved, is also desired by every human, and if we can make those on our team feel love and appreciated that will gain respect, and therefore want to do their best for the team.