Quotes About Teamwork

It is important that we win back the trust of employees first, then customers.

Cycling is a business.

My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

We're pretty down-to-earth at 'The Daily Show.' Everyone is pretty sane. We don't party crazy.

I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.

Systems win you nothing, and football players win you games.

When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science.

Some coaches don't want their players to be the stars. They want their systems to be the stars.

Different managers play different systems, and you've got to be able to play in different positions.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

I've always been a collaborator. For me, it's, 'What's the issue I'm trying to solve? Who are the people we need to bring around the table to solve it?'

People in professional kitchens may love what they do, but sometimes it's just something that puts food on the table.

Mike Schur knows exactly what everything should look like but, at the same time, is super collaborative and loves working with actors that make choices and bring stuff to the table.

I know what I can bring to the table. I have done it all my career, but every team you need something different.

Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians. They all have their own understanding of how the brain functions and is structured. How do you get them all around the same table?

My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.

I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

I feel like I'm an inside guy, I feel like I'm a three-tech or nose tackle.

It's exciting to be able to be part of the block and tackle of building a company from a smaller base.

There are excuses for dropping the ball or missing a tackle. But there are no excuses for not playing with a passion for your team-mates and as long as I get that response and they play well, I'll be happy.

I feel now that a tackle or an interception high up the pitch is as nice a feeling as creating a goal for someone else.