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“Prologue: Above the Line Playbook Leadership isn’t a difference maker. It is the difference maker. Leadership is much more than simply declaring what you want and then getting angry if you don’t get it. A leader is someone who earns trust, sets a clear standard, and then equips and inspires people to meet that standard. Be true to who you are. Talk straight and demand accountability. Run toward problems. If you ignore them, they only get worse. Work to get better every day. Staying the same gets you nowhere. Savor the journey. Every day. You only get to do it once.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Program

“Leaders create culture. Culture drives behavior. Behavior produces results.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

“I’ve come to learn that leadership is not automatically granted to you because of your position or your salary or the size of your office. Leadership is influence based on trust that you have earned. A leader is not someone who declares what he wants and then gets angry when he doesn’t get it. A true leader is someone who is going someplace and taking people with him, a catalyst for elite performance who enables people to achieve things they wouldn’t achieve on their own. A leader is someone who earns trust, sets a clear standard, and then equips and inspires people to meet that standard.”
― Urban Meyer, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Program

“But talent without grit is just potential. Talent plus grit is unstoppable.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes