Francesco Guicciardini Quotes

Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

No team works out teamwork.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Success unshared is failure.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.

The nature of a football team means you're relying on 10 other guys. Even then, that doesn't guarantee a win.

Collaboration is a key part of the success of any organization, executed through a clearly defined vision and mission and based on transparency and constant communication.

A system depends on the players you have.

All pieces of the puzzle need to fall in the right place to be a champion team.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole.

Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.

Nobody can succeed on their own.

Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.

The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.

Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.

If there are too many cooks in the kitchen, the dish is not going to work out.

Your teammates will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

If the goal is doing good stuff and working with your friends ... if you’re doing that then you’re succeeding.

You only win when you help others win.

Football is a team game. So is life.