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Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.

You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Sometimes the best coaching advice you can get is simple acknowledgement that there's nothing else you could have done.

I want to play every game, as does every player. But sometimes, you just have to listen to the manager.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.