Al Horford Quotes

If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster.

No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.

I think there are always growing pains with teams.

I find it very difficult to work with people I don't like; I can't do that.

You can get too close as a team. You need time away from each other. You change in the same dressing room, you play on the same cricket field, you stay in the same hotel, you travel in the same planes and buses. C'mon - this business of everyone holding hands and being pally is nonsense.

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

You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody.

If you have 130 people on set, all with different opinions, sometimes it's going to kick off. There might be some people who say I'm a big problem to work with - that you couldn't tell me anything - but hopefully, they don't.

When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.

Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.

I hate teaming up with people. Absolutely hate it.

Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

Sometimes when you get on a new movie you kind of how to figure out the way other people work and it can be like being the new kid in high school where you're just trying to find out where your place is on the movie or on the set.

The only way to deal with gridlock is compromise. And if we compromise, it means we’ll have a confused policy.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

Both players and coaches take time to understand each other. Frequent changes bring that rapport to square one.

You're always going to get different personalities within a team.

It's normal for a team to have low moments.

When you come to a new team, especially in the middle of the season, you don't want to come in and be ball dominant.

I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

Obviously when you join a team everything is new and you have to get to know the people and how they operate.

Obviously, getting traded halfway through the year is always tough. New faces, new teammates, guys you played against but don't know on a personal level.