Joe Cronin

The most important insights from Sports greatest leaders and how you can apply them.

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‘Winning doesn’t happen in straight lines.’ Sir Alex Ferguson

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'Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.’ – John Wooden

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‘Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily,’ boxer James R. Corbett.

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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said, ‘Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens – and when it happens, it lasts.’

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‘Winning doesn’t happen in straight lines.’ Sir Alex Ferguson

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‘You cannot be a victim and still remain a winner.’ Johan Cruyff.

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“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.” John Wooden

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"A team’s culture is about the conduct and behaviour of everyone involved, it’s working together towards shared objectives and, as such, is an immediately identifiable part of the group’s identity," Pep Guardiola.

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"A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning." Billie Jean King, former U.S. women's tennis coach and player.

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‘Winning takes talent,’ John Wooden, 10 time national college champion with UCLA would say. ‘To repeat it takes character.’

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Real Madrid's mission is "to be the most successful, beloved, and valuable sports team globally" it serves as a guiding star for everything it does.

How does your mission statement guide your business?

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Ferguson defined drive as willingness to work hard, emotional fortitude, enormous powers of concentration and refusal to admit defeat.

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"If I had to pick between drive and talent as the most potent fuel (for success), it would be the former." Sir Alex Ferguson - 13 time champion of the English Premier League.