Be a great teammate - you learn how to lead, you learn how to influence by the way you interact with your peers, treat them well, help them, help them do a better job.

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications... I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.

Helping other people develops your leadership skills, and people start to see you as a natural leader.

Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

A leader should give the credit of the success to the team members. But when failure comes, leaders should absorb the failures and protect the team members.