Going back to being a head coach entails a full-time commitment to that job and I would not go into it for any amount of money and do it halfway. It would be a total commitment, not part-time.
Interpretation
Dedication to a leadership role requires complete commitment, not a half-hearted effort.
In this quote, Bill Cowher emphasizes that taking on the responsibility of a head coach is a serious commitment that requires full dedication to the job. He suggests that one should not enter such a role unless they are willing to give their all, highlighting the importance of commitment in leadership positions.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of commitment in leadership roles.
Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family. Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters Meagan, Lauren and Lindsay. They will miss their mother dearly.
You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.
We all understand football is entertainment. And people like high-scoring games. But you still have to play defense to win championships.
Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl, they remember who won a Super Bowl.
There's so much more involved with the game than just sitting there, looking at the numbers and saying, 'OK, these are my percentages, then I'm going to do it this way,' because that one time it doesn't work could cost your team a football game, and that's the thing a head coach has to live with, not the professor.
To be recognized for making the contributions I did, along with the others who are part of the Hall of Honor, it really is humbling. Particularly when you grow up in Pittsburgh and know what the Steelers mean to the city. To me, as a little boy growing up watching the Steelers, this means a lot to me. It's special.
Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and sometimes you have to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional.
All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.
We haven't always been aware of it, but the 'locker-room bro talk' has long been going on not just in locker rooms but in some corporate conference rooms. Of course, not by all men. But by some - including some who hold positions of power. And that matters in holding women back.
Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.
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