--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Jon Gordon" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Jon Gordon. Plus more from Jon Gordon and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/jon-gordon-1655_great_you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-a_1728963.png" --- > [You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-are-serving-is-yourself/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/jon-gordon-1655_great_you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-a_1728963.png) > [If you think your best days are behind you, they are. If you think your best days are ahead of you, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/if-you-think-your-best-days-are-behind-you-they-are-if-you-think-your/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/jon-gordon-1655_ahead_if-you-think-your-best-days-are-behind-y_857157.png) > [If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/if-you-go-with-that-spirit-good-things-will-come-for-you-if-you-go/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/jon-gordon-1655_assumption_if-you-go-with-that-spirit-good-things-w_2875903.png) > [ If you want to make \[your own way in music\] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/if-you-want-to-make-your-own-way-in-music-it-as-a-player-which-is/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/jon-gordon-1655_art_if-you-want-to-make-your-own-way-in-musi_1827416.png) > [ Phil \[Wood\] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/phil-wood-was-very-passionate-very-committed-he-felt-very-blessed/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/jon-gordon-1655_blessed_phil-wood-was-very-passionate-very-commi_1490080.png) > [ When \[Charlie Parker\] saw the young guys, especially the ones that were scuffling... "Did you eat today?" And if you hadn't eaten,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/when-charlie-parker-saw-the-young-guys-especially-the-ones-that-were/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/jon-gordon-1655_charlie_when-charlie-parker-saw-the-young-guys-e_1498226.png) > [It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/it-s-very-unlikely-you-re-a-genius-but-if-you-re-ready-to-work-at-it/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/jon-gordon-1655_genius_it-s-very-unlikely-you-re-a-genius-but-i_33511.png) > [ Phil \[Wood\] said to me in the car going back, he said, "Look man, you better know why you're playing this music.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/phil-wood-said-to-me-in-the-car-going-back-he-said-look-man-you/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/jon-gordon-1655_car_phil-wood-said-to-me-in-the-car-going-ba_1411056.png) > [ Bill Charlap and I recorded a tune that Jack \[Montrose\] wrote and had brought to a date with Bob that was untitled.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/bill-charlap-and-i-recorded-a-tune-that-jack-montrose-wrote-and-had/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/jon-gordon-1655_bills_bill-charlap-and-i-recorded-a-tune-that_1290613.jpg) > [Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/joe-henderson-who-i-maybe-to-me-if-i-had-to-pick-one-improviser-in-my/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/jon-gordon-1655_ifs_joe-henderson-who-i-maybe-to-me-if-i-had_8001.png) > [ I remember \[Joe\] Lovano came around to me at that time \[of Monk competition\]. And I had taken some lessons with Joe… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me-at-that-time-of-monk/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jon-gordon-1655_admirer_i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me_2231915.jpg) > [I don't know that there was a moment, like one specific moment where I was like "Ugh. Now what do I do?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-like-one-specific-moment-where-i/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/jon-gordon-1655_ask-for-help_i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-lik_2143564.png) > [ I got to talk to people like Mel \[Lewis\] and Milt Hilton and Benny Carter and Clark Terry and... Jay McShann. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-and-milt-hilton-and-benny/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/jon-gordon-1655_ability_i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-a_3052492.jpg) > [The more energy you spend worrying about the people who didn't get on your bus, the less you will have for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about-the-people-who-didn-t-get-on/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/jon-gordon-1655_asking_the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about_1174599.png) > [Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/did-you-know-you-can-take-your-bus-anywhere-you-want-to-go-say-yes/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/jon-gordon-1655_beach_did-you-know-you-can-take-your-bus-anywh_2845107.png) > [Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/love-takes-time-it-s-a-process-not-a-goal-love-is-something-that/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/jon-gordon-1655_best-way_love-takes-time-it-s-a-process-not-a-goa_2531313.jpg) > [I have worked in the homes of many successful people and have seen firsthand that everyone fails in life, but failure can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-have-worked-in-the-homes-of-many-successful-people-and-have-seen/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/jon-gordon-1655_adversity_i-have-worked-in-the-homes-of-many-succe_1107057.png) > [If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/if-i-could-have-picked-two-guys-on-the-planet-to-have-some-exposure/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/jon-gordon-1655_age_if-i-could-have-picked-two-guys-on-the-p_1966703.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Jon Gordon > [Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/joe-henderson-who-i-maybe-to-me-if-i-had-to-pick-one-improviser-in-my/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Benny Carter came up to me and said to me, "You know, in the whole history of the alto, I think Phil is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/benny-carter-came-up-to-me-and-said-to-me-you-know-in-the-whole/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [“know that I’m not a human being having a spiritual experience. I’m a spiritual being having a human experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/know-that-i-m-not-a-human-being-having-a-spiritual-experience-i-m-a/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/it-s-very-unlikely-you-re-a-genius-but-if-you-re-ready-to-work-at-it/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-first-jazz-cruise-that-i-was-on-was-91-i-played-with-maria/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really embraced me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-just-lucked-into-a-lot-of-good-people-man-in-my-life-and-through/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/every-morning-you-have-a-choice-are-you-going-to-be-a-positive/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-occasionally-getting-calls-for-some-things-but-i-would-say-22/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/dust-on-gold-doesn-t-change-the-nature-of-gold/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-are-a-lot-of-people-that-impacted-me-i-remember-hearing-oscar/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to grow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-s-a-lot-of-good-people-out-here-that-want-to-help-you-grow-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [ Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, and either Belton Evans or Khalil Mahdi on drums \[were in Sweet Basil\]. All those guys really took care of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/ernie-hayes-jimmy-lewis-and-either-belton-evans-or-khalil-mahdi-on/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-true-leader-doesn-t-lead-to-gain-power-they-lead-to-empower-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [ We had Bob's \[Gordon\] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first record as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/we-had-bob-s-gordon-records-and-he-s-on-clifford-brown-s-first-record/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/another-classical-music-teacher-from-performing-arts-that-i-ve-stayed/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/jon-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Jon Gordon", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-are-serving-is-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/jon-gordon-1655_great_you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-a_1728963.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/jon-gordon-1655_great_you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-a_1728963.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/jon-gordon-1655_great_you-can-t-be-a-great-leader-if-all-you-a_1728963.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.” — Jon Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you think your best days are behind you, they are. 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Because I've known too many who lived and died for it. 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Don't worry if it doesn't make you a household name or anything.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me-at-that-time-of-monk/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jon-gordon-1655_admirer_i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me_2231915.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jon-gordon-1655_admirer_i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me_2231915.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jon-gordon-1655_admirer_i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me_2231915.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I remember [Joe] Lovano came around to me at that time [of Monk competition]. 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Now what do I do?\" I was just always like, \"I'm just in here and if I have to fight with myself or ask for help or just be lost for a little while, but I'm just going to keep looking.\" Because music was all I had.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-like-one-specific-moment-where-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/jon-gordon-1655_ask-for-help_i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-lik_2143564.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/jon-gordon-1655_ask-for-help_i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-lik_2143564.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/jon-gordon-1655_ask-for-help_i-don-t-know-that-there-was-a-moment-lik_2143564.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know that there was a moment, like one specific moment where I was like \"Ugh. Now what do I do?\" I…” — Jon Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got to talk to people like Mel [Lewis] and Milt Hilton and Benny Carter and Clark Terry and... Jay McShann. I just found myself in some circumstances, on some gigs or sometimes in clubs, with the ability to talk to some of these people. Just being around their energy and being around that history was invaluable. And what I normally say to young people that are getting into the music, if you can and go... now there's less of those folks around, sadly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-and-milt-hilton-and-benny/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/jon-gordon-1655_ability_i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-a_3052492.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/jon-gordon-1655_ability_i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-a_3052492.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/jon-gordon-1655_ability_i-got-to-talk-to-people-like-mel-lewis-a_3052492.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I got to talk to people like Mel [Lewis] and Milt Hilton and Benny Carter and Clark Terry and... 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And if you are worrying about the people who didn't get on your bus you won't have the energy to keep on asking new people to get on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gordon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about-the-people-who-didn-t-get-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/jon-gordon-1655_asking_the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about_1174599.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/jon-gordon-1655_asking_the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about_1174599.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/jon-gordon-1655_asking_the-more-energy-you-spend-worrying-about_1174599.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more energy you spend worrying about the people who didn't get on your bus, the less you will have for…” — Jon Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes. You can take it to the movies, the beach or the North Pole. Just say where you want to go and believe that it will be so. 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You…” — Jon Gordon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one thing I urge you to start immediately it's focus on bringing out the best in each person on your team. When you love someone you want the best for him. You want him to shine. 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