Ellen Ochoa Quotes

Most of the collaborations of technology were done by teams...Collaboration is key to creativity

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

I love to just work with new people in general. It's always really fun.

A lot of people saved IBM. Yes, I was the leader of that team, but I could never have done it without a group of IBMers helping me.

Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing.

Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

It will be hard work. It's always hard work, and hard work from everybody within the team - technical director, mechanics, drivers, engineers - everyone in the team.

As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well.

Everybody works on mechanics, no matter what position you play.

A brilliant mind having a eureka moment could not create an Intel microprocessor containing a billion transistors any more than one person could dream up a Boeing 787 from scratch.

I've always been a collaborator. For me, it's, 'What's the issue I'm trying to solve? Who are the people we need to bring around the table to solve it?'

You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.

It's always fun to play as part of a team and any other events that have that team aspect to it I always really enjoy.

Good teams have more fun. Bad teams have more characters.

It isn't obvious and it took us a while to demonstrate that we could actually design a machine that bends.

I love the process of collaboration... to me it just makes sense.

Conversation is a really good way to get things done.

The whole can be greater than the sum of it's parts, that we all have something to put in the pie to make it better, and that the collaborative interaction works.

What works in the real world is cooperation.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

The fun part about collaborating is that you naturally just bounce off each other's energy and learn off each other.

It all starts with a great idea and teamwork.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.