Simon Helberg Quotes

In The Go-Go's, my philosophy is that I contribute whatever the song requires. I never think, 'What can I put in here to show off the latest trick that I just picked up?' What I think is, 'What's required from me as a drummer to make this a better song?'

I try to be a team guy and I try to help the team in whatever way that I can.

What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you can help bring out the song and help the artist express what they want to express. It's never about you stepping out and showing you can play something fancy.

I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.

When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that's what makes you a good teammate, and that's what everybody's looking for.

I like assisting goals more than scoring them.

At the end of the day, I want to help my team out as much as possible in any way I can.

I'm trying to make the game easier for everyone else.

I'm trying to do whatever it takes to help my team.

I've never felt competitive; I'm not a competitive person. In general, I try not to be!

What's the point of being the best in the world if you scratch and claw your way to the top, and you push everybody down instead of lifting everybody else up with you?

The only thing I think about is helping the team, respecting all my team-mates, not being selfish.

There's something so beautiful in playing a character that supports another character's success.

I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.

The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.

The greatest joy I get is setting up plays for somebody else. I take a lot of pride in helping other people make plays.

This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

No one stands taller in the climb to success than when he bends over to help up someone else.

The only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights.

It's not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed. Some people feel this is like shooting themselves in the foot - why aid someone else in creating a competitive advantage? I don't look at it that way. Helping someone else look good doesn't make me look worse. In fact, it often improves my own performance, particularly in stressful situations.

It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed.