Jed S. Rakoff Quotes

I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

We all can't shine at the same time.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

I think you've just got to have everyone buy in, working towards a common goal. Doesn't matter who gets the credit. Really doesn't.

You cannot win a game of football on your own; it's about the entire squad working together to achieve something. That's how football works: it has always been about the group, not the individual.

And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.

Working crew made me realise that the actors are a very small part of a very big machine, with each part being vital to make the show work. It so important to remember that it's not about you, it's about the show, and working crew hammered that point home to me.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

I mention the need of cooperation and confidence among the men who work, no matter what may be their relative ranks, because it is the vital factor underlying everything. Only as we are willing to work today, work as we never have worked before, will civilization survive.

I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain.

In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. If you work in a hierarchy, you may not want to climb to its top.

Companies are communities. There's a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success.

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid.

People must work in unison.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

We work as a team. I think having the individual being shown as a star actually creates problems internally. We encourage all our investors to work as a team for the benefit of the founders.

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.