Mitchell Baker Quotes

It takes a while to condition people to a different product, as opposed to what they're used to seeing.

You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

There's always a transition if you go to a new territory or a new company or a new country or wherever because there's different styles and different crowds that you perform in front of. Of course, it always takes a little bit of time to find your groove.

When I started at Boca, as well as when I got to the national team, I felt it was the top of the mountain, but they turned me around and I had to start from scratch.

It is never easy to switch between formats, but it is all about practice and preparation.

Change, while sometimes good, is difficult to absorb. I think that a part of it is just having to see the results.

When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.

When a new coach comes to a new club with new ways, new ideas, the players have to adapt.

You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.

Competence is the enemy of change!

People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.

It is difficult for every manager, I think, in the first year.

Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for ourselves, Internet-savvy twentysomethings. We never considered the role of good eyesight in our interface - font size, vernacular; it all matters.

Dorm-room life was a tough transition. You're young, and you realize how much you miss the comfort of home.

When a company makes a fundamental change, it is inevitable that some people will leave.

You need a little time, the usual sort of time it takes to get to know your team-mates and the league itself, but it's all good, generally. I'm very happy.

I think the biggest thing is, you have to understand the different rules. There are so many rules that change from college to the NBA. Change of pace is a big thing, also.

Any time you go into a new environment, you have to learn a new system, there are adjustments you have to make.

The Manchester move was OK. I was still in England and I knew I could go back home.

Taking new technology and incorporating into how people work and live is not easy.

Moving to a new school, or up a year at an existing school - with new friends, teachers, subjects, rules and expectation - is a big deal for young people. All of us who are adults remember how daunting it was, but we sometimes take it for granted that children will be able to cope with the change.

Coming over from Spain at the young age of 21 was not easy, but as soon as I put on a Cavs jersey and stepped on the court, I felt at home.

It's always hard for a guy who's been in a system for seven years and then to transition into another system.

Everyone is always making transitions in life.