Van Jones Quotes

We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and being able to hang out and have a good time.

I want to go working with good people on something that's good, because otherwise it's a big waste of time. I don't have that much time.

I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on.

I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

Team playing, that's what I see when I'm out there watching the WNBA games. All the girls play as a team, and they have each other's backs, and that's great.

In the dressing room, you can never lose that group concept.

I feel like collaborating is something I need to try more of.

Team success stood, and stands, above everything for me.

You play for your teammates; you play for each other.

Individual achievements are not important for me, to be honest.

That's the best thing: just being part of the team.

This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.

The important thing is the team.

It's not really about what I can do individually, it's about what we can accomplish as a team.

Personal achievements don't matter to me; victory of the team does.

You don't need a group of superstars, you need a team working together to bring you better results.

I want everybody including myself to be working just as hard towards the same goal, and if that's not happening I think it's only right to voice that opinion instead of going into your shell and not speaking about it.

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

I don't feel any sense of competition at all, and that might be my naïveté, but I don't feel pitted against anyone at all.

If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.

Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.

I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience.

Collaboration is far more powerful than competition. Do not think that only if you are pushed to the wall, you will do your best.