Quotes About Communication

Social media has democratised platforms of expression so much - now a child can have a very loud voice.

There's something so great about platonic intimacy.

I want to make sure I have a system that allows me to know that the platoon sergeant and platoon commander aren't going to move at the same time when we come back from deployment. That sounds pretty simple, but it's really about data.

Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

If people are good off the pitch, of course on the pitch it will be easier to play.

I can be a friend from a million miles away. I can play basketball in China. The only thing I can't do is be a father. I missed my kids' first basketball game. I missed birthdays. I can talk to you from a million miles away, but I was missing the dad part of life.

The most satisfying way to play basketball is when you can get the best out of everyone on the court.

I know what I do, I know I can play football, and I know I can talk about it.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

I've seen other people grow up and not have respect for human beings. But even though I play football, I'm still able to talk to everyone on the estate. Whenever I go, I can literally talk to anyone that I meet and everyone I have known from my past.

For instance, he says I let him play golf, and he says, he lets me be miserable in my job. Now - that doesn't quite sound right, does it? But nonetheless, I think for the first time in my life, I'm not going to be miserable in my life when I come and work at CNN.

When you - when you play golf with somebody, you spend four hours or more walking with somebody, usually, you learn something about them that you didn't know before.

I don't play golf. I don't play basketball. I don't really like cards. I don't think anybody questions whether or not I have a role to play here. And so I think it is irrelevant whether the president wants to do that in some of his free time. What's really important is, when we have something to say, does he listen to us?

Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate in that way. I experience so much joy in that process, because, you know, it's those times of getting together and playing music and all that comes with it that are the best for me.

The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played.

I am not a person who says I must talk the same way to every player, I don't agree with this. Some are more introspective, we must act in a different way, the fuel of every player is different.

A friendly relationship with the coach is important for each player.

Peter Stoger is very, very inspirational, communicating a lot, being open and approachable for the players.

I don't ever want to come in the locker room and have players in there pouting.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.