Jim Bankoff Quotes

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I love to support someone that is driven to their job and is passionate about what they do.

I would put down everything in my career to the fact that I cared - about what I do, who I work with, what I make.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off.

My work means everything to me.

The team is very enthusiastic - everyone is trying hard to do their best, and everyone is putting a lot of effort in to moving forward and getting the right results and it's a very good, close-knit team.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

I enjoy people who have passion, whether it is as a musician or whatever they do. All people who have success keep it very basic. Try your best. But without passion, you will not have success.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

I love to work. I absolutely love to work.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

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!'

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.

You feel stressed when you think that you are working. When I am doing movies, I don't feel that way at all. When I wake up in the morning and then get dressed up for the job, I feel good because this is what I want. I am the happiest that way and honestly, if at all I get a day or two off, I get restless.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.