Feb 19, 2009
I am a baseball fan, not obsessed, but a fan. My team is the Toronto Blue Jays.
Roy Halladay is one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. Won the highest honour a pitcher can get, the Cy Young. Won 20 or more games twice. Was part of 5 all star teams. Good at what he does.
A.J. Burnett, another pitcher, left the Blue Jays this year to sign a BIG deal with the New York Yankees - 86 million dollars. He was asked about his time in Toronto, he said he learned a lot from the Ace Halladay. He learned from one of the best.
Halladay was asked what he thought of the compliments that Burnett showered him with… here’s his response;
“It’s nice to hear those compliments, and I’m glad to be a part of that…but I think I learned things from him as well,” said Halladay. “And that’s the great part about baseball, if you keep your ears open and pay attention, you’re always going to learn something from somebody.”
Roy hit the nail right on the head… except that statement isn’t only true in baseball it’s true in life.
Keep your ears open. Listen. Learn. Lead.
Posted by Stu Saunders in Leadership on Feb 19, 2009 at 12:27 pm | Permanent Link | Comments (3)
Comment posted on Feb 19, 2009 at 5:12 pm by Hillary Newkirk (YLCC Member)
It’s true. I’ve learned things from people I never thought I could. It’s taught me to continue to keep my mind open to learning from even the least likely of people.
Hillary
Comment posted on Feb 19, 2009 at 8:15 pm by ElizabethB (YLCC Member)
Never assume you can or can’t learn something from someone. Everyone has something different to bring to the table. New thoughts, new opinons, new views.
It’s great that just because Halladay has won all these honors and accomplished so much, he is not naive enough to think he is done learning
Comment posted on Feb 23, 2009 at 6:28 pm by Pamlamb (YLCC Member)
I love the Bluejays, and I have always had a love for Halladay…he is an amazing leader, and that quote proves it. As it is always said at camp, you are never too old to stop learning. It is great to think that Halladay, who is so accomplished, has no show of an ego, he is open and accepting of the fact that he doesn’t know everything, and that he can learn from anyone!
Great reminder STU!
PamLamb