Mark Udall Quotes

The way you build trust with your team is around super-clear communication in that instant when they say, 'I will be sad if you don't do X.' You have to say, 'We're not going to do X, and here's why, and believe me, you'll be much sadder later if I let you go do it and you spend a bunch of time on it and nothing ever happens.'

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles.

I've never really been too fussed about the kind of teammate I have.

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.

I can only say that I have good personal relations with all secretaries of state with whom I have a chance to work.

The two parties should be turning to each other rather than on each other.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

I have seen the president and Secretary Tillerson work together. They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it properly.

I don't know how people do this job collaboratively if they don't really get along. You're spending all day every day for months and years on end with somebody.

I've had deals over the years where I just haven't had good chemistry with the person across the table from me, so I've said to one of my brothers, 'You know what, you will be more effective than I will.' And that takes a level of confidence.

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

Part of being a successful leader is listening and looking for opportunities to bring people together.

There is an intimacy and trust that is needed between leaders, between their assistants and advisers. Usually, you have the real substance behind closed doors; and the press conferences, you have niceties, nice photo ops.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

The key to successfully working with each other is that they respect each other and their abilities.

Politics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if you haven't made the bed and if you don't get the food on the table, I will go and just hire someone and you will become irrelevant. That is not how you make a marriage work.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.