Joseph Dunford Quotes

We gotta stop fighting amongst each other. I think the only rift should be when take it the stage and try to out perform each other.

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

Competition doesn't drive me. It's not to say that competition is bad, it's not to say that competitive games are bad because I love that those that exist, but it's not my thing.

We try not to look at everything through a competitive lens.

Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.

I hate competition.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

I suppose there are many, but I cannot imagine ever having a more perfect collaboration than that which Penn-san and I shared. It was based upon mutual trust, respect, and a desire to have our own work pushed to new places. And it always resulted in delight.

There's always competition in the world, but you don't have to be enemies. You can empower each other.

When you have a fruitful relationship with someone, and you've both chosen to work together, then it can spawn really good things.

It's never my goal to throw any of my peers under the bus.

For you to win, no one needs to lose.

Adopt a new philosophy of cooperation (win-win) in which everybody wins.

There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments.

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

Those who go along get along.