Quotes About Teamwork

Gunther and I always shared the work. Each of us carried his own sleeping bag and tent, and porters carried the rest, until the highest camp, when we were on our own. Nobody helped us up there.

Having such a diverse cast and crew is what makes the 'Fast & Furious' films so unique to all the other studio tent pole films that just have a very singular look to them.

What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'

It's been a huge part of my life in the past few years, and I just couldn't turn my back on all that - the bakers themselves, the bakes, the team that makes it, and of course the tent, the bunting, and who could forget... the squirrels. So I am delighted that I will be continuing as a judge when 'Bake Off' moves to Channel 4.

Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.

I intend to get four people in a tent that I can attest is absolutely smaller than the Dragon spacecraft, on a mountain when it's snowing out, and introduce everybody to some really stressful situations. We are all going to know each other incredibly well long before we ever strap into Dragon.

When we buy somebody, we cut the head off. We keep the operators who are looking - I hate to use this term - they're looking for a leader. We lead very well. And we immediately spend money on them and make them better. Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

Nine in the box... that's a football term.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally.

With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.

That really makes you feel good when guys are using some of your terminology and some of your plays in a different country.

Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.

I've always loved the collaborative side of filmmaking, and there's a lot of things I can do in the acting side of things in terms of the creating of action sequences, and coming up with ways of doing things with a stunt coordinator.

If you take going to the bench as a demotion or something that's terrible, you start with a bad attitude.

Where ever the Mavericks are today, we owe it to Michael Finley. He was the one guy who stayed when we were a terrible team. He stayed and fought the fight.

The terrible thing about being an actor is that it's not a solo occupation.

Early Four Horseman is absolutely terrific.

Nelson McCormack on 'Killing Kennedy' was really terrific because I wrote the script, and he had some terrific ideas. We went over the script together, and I was with him on set. So it was a collaborative effort.

I love working with Coach O'Brien, Coach Godsey, and they are terrific football coaches.

People ask me over and over how is it that I work with stars. How do you work with Barbra Streisand, with Paul Newman, with Al Pacino, with Sally Field, Jane Fonda, you work with all these people. Isn't this a problem? And it isn't a problem at all. It's terrific. It's great fun. And I don't know what the answer is.

I make it a priority to keep in touch with people with whom I've worked in the past. And I'm fortunate, because I've worked with some terrific folks.

My brothers played football. In fact, I was an absolutely enormous Packer fan, and because I was raised in such a football-centric community, I have always had a terrific admiration for football players.

In 2001, '02, and '03, our forward line had Gagan Ajit, Prabhjot, Deepak, who were playing together since junior days. Their coordination was terrific.