Building Relationships Quotes

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

The best part of my career has been the relationships with the fans and the kids.

The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.

You make more friends by becoming interested in other people than by trying to interest other people in yourself.

Back home I had always been comfortable around people. I was the troublemaker, always being funny - that's just who I am. I'm Latina; I've always had that extra little flavor. But when I got to New York, it became about being comfortable with myself in a place where I didn't know many people, and that was the big challenge. Ultimately my personality helped me build relationships with the people I was working with, and I was able to stand out.

The name of the game is to talk to people. If you don't talk to people, you can't get started...You knock on twenty doors or so, and twenty guys tell you to go to hell, or that they haven't got time. But maybe at the fortieth or sixtieth house you find the one guy who is all you need. You're not going to organize everything; you're just going to get it started.

As I started getting better and I had to go places and meet new people, there were times where you just couldn't keep to yourself. You had to speak to people.

I feel like I'm more comfortable talking to people. I've been put in the position where I have to, and it's not something I can avoid anymore.

Some people are inherently likeable. If you're not - work on it. It may even improve your social life.

The way elections are won in Minnesota is by talking to people and sharing what's on their minds. It sounds so simple, but it really is the thing that works.

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

It's just hard to meet new people, in my position.

I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I don’t ever want to play that character that grabs the girl and has my way with her. That’s just not who that character is. If Daryl falls in love with you, he’s going to love you for the rest of his life.

It's hard to create new friendships outside sports.

I've always liked the idea of walking into a cocktail party where there are different people and finding some connection with almost everybody in the room.

I'm quite good at bringing people together.

There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

If I walk into a room, I'm quite content to sit in the corner and chat with people who walk by. But coaching forced me to come out of my shell.

Remember, don't let the pressures of doing business get in the way of what doing business is truly about: building relationships with people.

If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men, and provoke no man's enmity needlessly; since any man's love may be useful, and every man's hatred is dangerous.

Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

It's nice to be able to let the fans know that you're around and say 'Hi.'

I always try to look at kids like I'm in the locker room, and I'm a teammate.