Quotes About Teamwork

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

I allow people to create, but I'm also marshalling everybody, which is difficult for my creativity, as I'm like a referee. Everybody else is kicking a ball. It is very messy. From the mess, though, you refine what is there.

Being 6'7' as a point guard and playing with Sam Cassell and Cuttino Mobley on the Clippers really helped refine my post game and play with my back to the basket.

I have a handful of people who work for me - those who do our hair and make-up, ADs - they're like family, so taking care of them is necessary.

If you want to know how to handle a crew, it's great to be part of a crew.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.

You're going to have disappointments. But how you handle those disappointments is the important thing for you and everybody that's around you. That's what I found from being not only a player but also a coach.

You don't just come in and say, 'Bam, I'm mature; I'm the leader.' It took time for me to grow into this and learn how to talk to certain players and how to handle certain situations.

It's about how you handle yourself, how you take care of your business, how you present yourself in front of the team, how you hold other people accountable. And ultimately, performing.

When I first came into the league, I didn't want the ball in my hands.

More eyes on the court is better than just two eyes. There's always a time for one voice. But when the guys are working, I believe in those guys working and making the players better. Hands-on.

Vince has always been so hands-on, and that's why WWE does so well.

Who you work with is even more important than who you hang out with because you spend a lot more time with your workmates than your friends.

Hang out with good people, do good things, and always put the team first.

Collaborating with someone on music is the same way you'd go about hanging out. You have to listen more than you talk.

It's football season; anything can happen.

The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.

After the first ball is bowled, it's only chaos. What you are trying to do is you're trying to manage the chaos. It's not like a script that happens.

I'm very proud of the people with whom I've worked. It's an amazing collection that just by happenstance happened.

I am always happiest in an ensemble.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

When everybody is sharing the ball, everybody makes everybody happy.

Ann and I were the main writers in Heart. We had the leadership role, and the guys in the band sometimes had a hard time with that.