Quotes About Unity

My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play at the highest level for the best coach in basketball.

There's nothing worse than seeing your teammates battle, knowing you can't help.

A lot of players have told me they see me as a protector of my teammates, that, side by side, I'm there when something goes down, and I step up beside them and for them when things get nasty. I play the game hard, and I play it physical.

My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have.

In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.'

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

With my experience, I think I've earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.

As someone who loves being on the field with his teammates, it's hard to hear that you're not going to be the one playing.

I wasn't a guy who looked to score first. It was to get your teammates involved, to understand time and clock management and having fun with your teammates.

That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

I don't know, scene stealing is something I see as, people look at it, it could be a positive thing, but I really like to think of myself as a team player. It's kind of like one player can make the other teammates better, kind of like Larry Byrd dishing off.

No matter what you do in the offseason, you can't simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you're around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It's just kind of instinctive you do that.

I think my teammates make me look a lot better than I am.

I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.

As athletes, we're always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don't think about it.

I play to have fun. I play to win. I play for my teammates.

The support I've gotten from my teammates has been great.

As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

I know people are going to put the main focus on stopping me, so I need to learn how to make my teammates better by passing and creating opportunities for them.

I just wanted to work, build a relationship with my teammates, and earn their trust.

I am proud of every one of my teammates.

It's always good to be out there with your teammates, working with your teammates in individual drills, team drills, just being out there, getting on the same page, just getting into flow with them.