Mark Pincus:

I'd rather be on a team that has no bad people than a team with stars.

It's not that they're a star player, but they have decent skills, and they will get you the ball and then be where you'd expect to put it back to them. It's like their head is really in the game.

If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.

Scott Boms:

Ultimately, burnout results from a lack of equilibrium. When you lose your balance, physically, you fall over. Burnout is very similar, except that once you're down, it can be a real challenge to get back up.

Justin Kan:

You could be working on the most boring piece of software, and you talk to Paul and you think, Man, I'm excited to go back to work.