“The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.”

Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.

Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.

The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.

Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.

There is no growth in the comfort zone.

There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.

The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.

Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.

But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.

For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.

And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.

The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.

Remember: the enemy gets a vote.

Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.

The leader must own everything in his or her world.

Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.

A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.

Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.