James G. Stavridis Quotes

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.

I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.

The less friendly your relationship is on camera, the more useful it is to be friends with them off camera.

Communication is important, and when you have an understanding with someone on the pitch, it is the most important thing.

Being able to go to someone's house and have dinner with them and their family, being able to go see a movie with them, or go shopping, it makes you really care for someone and hope that they succeed. That means a lot in an on-court relationship. It creates trust.

I like to learn from everyone I perform with. I have learnt a lot from Paritosh Tripathi, my co-anchor on 'Super Dancer,' and also my good friend Ravi Dubey.

Everybody enjoys each other's success. We are always pushing each other to get better on the field and off the field, helping each other out in the nets or in the gym. That's the most important thing.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.

But I think it's more fulfilling to be working with people.

There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting? You've got to have friends out there. You can't do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.

Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time.

I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

I would definitely like to start working with more people over age 7.

It's good to know you're working for someone you're familiar with, who's a friend and he has your back and you have his back also.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.

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 enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And I've grown into that.

No doubt, the most important thing in my career was my time with Mr. Bergman, with whom I worked in so many films and also in so many stage productions, so it was a continuous working relationship and also a friendship, of course, that lasted for so many years.

Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.

When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.