Robert Green Quotes

Personally criticizing a member of my staff hardly seemed like the way to negotiate a deal.

You have to respect the job of the other coach and then stop. He's an opponent: I stop. Finish. I have respect for his job. He must have respect for my job.

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

Boards and myself get along somehow.

We are footballers, so if you've got to play with someone, you've got to play with them. What happens off the pitch, well, you can't get on with everyone you work with.

In my early England days, there was a bit of tension with captain Nasser Hussain.

I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty good with not trying to always win every argument and things like that. I just sort of try to bring a lot of people together to talk.

As an editor, I have to be tactful, of course.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.

I don't believe it's productive to go around and badmouth anyone that I work with, because at the end of the day, we all have to sit in front of each other and agree or disagree.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And I've grown into that.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

Every audience has a personality. Some of them don't have the best personalities, but you're on a date with them for an hour and a half, so you just make the best of it.

I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good.

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

The less friendly your relationship is on camera, the more useful it is to be friends with them off camera.

I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.