Quotes About Dedication

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.

As a competitor, you want to be out there. It's always tough to watch others play and know you've put in the time, you've put in work. But at the same time, you have to support them. You're a teammate, and you have to be the best teammate you can be and go out and continue to better, and hopefully you get an opportunity.

I think every time I step on the court, I'm just preparing myself to be the best player I can be, be the best teammate I can be as well.

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate. He really cared about the game of baseball, the way it was played, and whatever it took to win that night.

It's nothing, really, for me to be able to say it's overwhelming or anything. It's just - you do the interviews, you interact with everybody, and you make sure that, at the end of the day, you focus on why you're here, and that's to play football and make sure I can contribute as a teammate.

I want to make sure I do everything in my power to be a better teammate and player.

I'm just trying to be the best teammate.

My opportunity, when it ever does come, I want to be ready. But my job, my role, and that's not going to change, is to be the best teammate I can be.

That's always the No. 1 goal, just be a good teammate and work hard.

I want to keep getting better, being a great teammate and try to keep learning from our guys and help as much as possible. I'm not satisfied with where I'm at.

I pride myself on being able to get the guys lined up on the team, and being a great teammate and also doing my job.

Everyone is expecting something in each game I'm playing. I don't have to score in every game, but I want to do my best. I want to give everything for the club, for my teammates, and myself also.

You work all season to earn the trust of your teammates and the coaching staff.

That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

I'm going to play for me and not play for anyone else except my teammates and the guys that matter.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

I think it's just being good every single day and being there for my teammates. I know that I can't do it alone, and they can't do it alone, and we've got to lean on each other.

Whatever team I go to, I'm going to give them everything, show them the type of character that I am because, like I said, my teammates know exactly who I am; they can vouch for me.

I get paid a bunch of money to do this, and so there's a responsibility to my teammates, every single day, to show up and be the absolute best you can be.

I always preach this to people, even my teammates and family: 'Always know someone's working harder than you, trying to get that spot you have.' That's what drives me.

It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my teammates every night.

The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

Everything that I do, I put my teammates first. To me, that's the mark of a true leader. That's what I want to be. I want to be a leader and have guys continue to follow.

I love the Capitals and my teammates here as much as I love my country and I know all the other NHL players feel the same for their teams.