The author distinguishes George Washington's leadership from that of another aristocratic general whose temperament was somewhat cold. Unlike him, Washington made the effort to at least appear to suffer with his troops.

“Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.”

Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others to have, and with responsibility for being certain the people you lead are treated equitably, and with respect. Not an easy task. You can't make other people feel anything, or think anything; you can only try to teach them what you want them to feel and think and why you think they should act accordingly.

“We've played in a lot of close games this year, but we've lost a lot of them. We need some guys to step up in leadership roles so we can win these close games.”

“Hans brings leadership and absolute power. He's the fastest guy ever to ride on this track. He knows the race and all the little ins and outs which helps with a young team like ours.”

“This team has great team chemistry. We are very young, predominantly freshmen. But our sophomores have good leadership skills and the players respect one another and work together for the same goal.”

“You're almost guaranteed points every time she competes. She brings a lot of senior leadership to the team. Her desire is to bring the girls together. That's a quality you can't teach.”

“Words are just words and nobody told these people to do anything like that, ... The leadership of the Christian Knights regrets the burning of the churches and regrets anybody's taken their ideas and tried to use them as justification for their actions.”

“Cat is so important with the leadership and experience she brings to this team. I did think it was a huge milestone and going out and getting it on Saturday made it nice for her to be able to put it behind her.”

“We work on a lot of issues. Obviously, the leadership and myself and the vast majority of the Democratic caucus would like to see [the lottery] passed into law. If the opportunity affords itself on Tuesday ... we will certainly take that.”