“I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.” FeelsTryingYearsHas BeensMadeDifferentEnoughStrongEnjoyTeachWorryTeamConceptsAthleteCoachesStrong EnoughNot Worrying Author:Melanie Roach
“I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.” WorldTryingHas BeensSelfRealityTurnsFictionClassTeamCarScience FictionSpendingDrivingEngineersGoogleWorld ClassProfessional LifeDriving Cars Author:Sebastian Thrun
“I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast.” TryingLongPlayKidsAgeSchoolPastGirlWaterTeamHairBallsGuitarGlassesAthletePianoGradesHockeyThrowingBucketsJocksLong HairAcneHockey Team Author:Michael Weatherly
“If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.” IfsWantTryingLooksImportantTeamAreasBallsBoxesDrifting Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.” IfsWantTryingPlayerTeamIntimidating Author:Bobby Orr
“The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that you want to have, a product that you want to have. You're utterly focused on your users or your customers and their needs, and trying to figure out how to meet those needs.” IfsWantNeedsTryingTeamFiguresProductsCustomersFocusedUsersRemakes Author:John Katzman
“I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.” TryingJobsGamesWinningTeamSilly Author:Jermain Defoe
“The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.” TryingI CanDifferentProblemLeftTeamFieldsComfortComfortableDo The BestTeammateLeft Field Author:Alfonso Soriano
“Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying to grind it out to get the win.” ThinkingWantTryingWinningTeamFactorsFatigueGrind Author:Paul Pierce
“I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And, you know, I think it wouldn't be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple. My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLifeTryingMeanEnoughWholeWould BeRunningJobsPartyTroubleTeamCapableApplesExecutivesGood EnoughBusSuccessors Author:Steve Jobs
“We have overwhelming evidence that available information plus analysis does not lead to knowledge. The management science team can properly analyse a situation and present recommendations to the manager, but no change occurs. The situation is so familiar to those of us who try to practice management science that I hardly need to describe the cases.” NeedsTryingDoeSituationPracticeCasesTeamInformationEvidenceManagementAvailableFamiliarManagersAnalysisPlusOverwhelmingRecommendations Author:C. West Churchman