If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

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

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the common cold.

Well, you know that old saying, “Keep your friends close and make out with your enemies.

Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I'll keep searching after today.

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

I've had a long life and a lot of relationships and not one of them do I wish - well, I take that back - there are a couple I could have done without.

One who explores and knows all aspects of his life, is called self-realized.

[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.

It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

When you listen carefully to the soundscape it becomes quite miraculous.

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.