Zaytoven Quotes

I'm just a girl from Amsterdam. It's a small city. Everybody knows Amsterdam, but it's still a small city. To come from there, to work with Will. i. am... it's like, 'What happened?! What did I do right?'

Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

To get to work with my idol, Martin Scorsese, has just been lovely - the highlight of my career.

I have got the job of my dreams.

Matt McGinn and Taylor Phillips played a big part in getting me where I am.

I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

I still pinch myself that I had the career that I had.

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.

Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.

I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.

I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have my very own school - no way. And I had no idea I'd be coaching girls. It's wild.

I've always worked with people who have been supporters of me creatively.

I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

I've been on the cover of 'Time' magazine three times, not for my beauty but because what I was doing was newsworthy around the world. I've worked with teams all my life, but I've been nice and I've been kind.