Team Quotes

You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.

... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.

... but actually it sucks to have a lot of employees, and you should be proud of how few employees you have.

We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.

You don't get to make their decisions but you do get to choose the decision makers.

... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.

Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.

I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.

You need someone that behaves like James Bond more than you need someone that is an expert in some particular domain.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.

You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.

Experience matters for some roles and not others.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.

You also want people who are maniacally determined and that is slightly different than having a risk tolerant attitude.

Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip.

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.

I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

People say what we're doing is holding out when in reality the teams are trying to crush the draft market because they don't want to pay fair market value.

Teams working on disruptive ideas need to be small enough that they can be fed by no more than two pizzas.

Small teams move faster than big teams.

I'm sure there will be business ventures and things down the road, but I definitely don't want to be a team owner.

It's still about making a good decision. We all want to have the Reggie Bush's of the world on our football team, but it's not reality.

Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!

I won eight Stanley Cups as a player, and I've been told it's because I played on great teams. I won two as a general manager, and I've been told it's because I was lucky.

Giving your team cover for their cowardice is foolish. Give them a platform for bravery instead.

Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.

Avoid organizing investment team into silos.

You would not want me on your football team.

In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.

It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the security business. My job is to protect the King, and that's what I'm here to do.

We had more great times than bad times together, but they've moved on, I've moved on. I have a new team now and I have a new focus.

He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.

The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade me in the same conference, so Miami was perfect.

It's hard to get up for a good high-school team like the Chicago Bulls.

Every team that plays us plays above their heads. That's because of me.

I'll just have to get it against my favorite team.

I'm healthy and excited to play. And I think this year can be a big year for me if I get the opportunity. I can still play the game. I think I can help a team get to the Super Bowl.

I am ready. I'm in great shape. My workouts have been great. I'm ready to get back and help a team get to the Super Bowl.

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.

In 10 years, I'm gonna be all over. I'll still be doing mad music, I'll be doing a couple movies, maybe some TV. Hopefully coaching some of my son's sports teams and be in heavy daddy mode.

I enjoy watching sitcoms where the team behind it have successfully created a whole alternate reality that you can enter into for half an hour every week.

Andrew is an integral part of the team and he is staying at my football club. The reality is I need him to score the goals that will get us promoted.