Jimmy Johnson People Quotations

Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.

Military leaders aren't made. They are born, ... To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.

I was filling in for the 25 ... I'm not the only one that's been in somebody else's equipment or with somebody else's number on the side. There's been a lot of people doing it. It's just kind of how it is.

Give your people the feeling that if THEY don't do the job, it won't get done. Also let them know that when they accomplish something, they will share in the accolades.

I think one big factor is testing and when a team chooses to test. We have been saving our test sessions for the final ten. We have three more tests coming up.its hard to know why you go from dominating to running tenth. But we have seen it a lot this year. Teams get on a hot streak and then people catch up.

I think last year at times it was really frustrating and people could see that. But we were frustrated because we weren't getting the results that we wanted. I'll always respect Chad for his dedication and that frustration that came up. He just wanted to win and be up front and win the championship.

We had a perfect car through (pre-race) tech you look at other cars, there are other people doing other things

As a teammate and a friend (I want) to be there for him as well for the other people who lost loved ones on the flight.

That's more stock car country out there, ... There were a lot more people there than the store expected, but I wasn't really surprised. Word of mouth is a powerful tool in stock car racing.

It's going to be so tough for all of them and I know they all do different things to help the anniversary pass, and with as little pain as possible, ... Another person I'm going to be thinking of is Brian Vickers. It's his birthday. The plane crash was on his birthday, of all things. So, as a teammate and friend, to be there for him as well as the other people that lost loved ones on the flight.

If you wreck enough people the old Dale Earnhardt idea will inevitably come into play. Get ready, because it's coming.