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Quotes About Team

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.
~ Richard J. Daley
You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
~ Fernando Torres
We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
~ Hayden Fry
I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.
~ Pete Rose
When your brand is integrated into everything you do, it acts like a guardrail helping your team stay on target.
~ Mark Miller
you'd never never never again work for that manipulative, Machiavellian psychopath. And he'd get you back on the team, often with a gesture as simple and inexpensive as a baseball cap or a T-shirt. The timing was what did it, that he knew. He knew just when to apply that well-timed pat on the back, the strangled and difficult-for-him 'Thank you for your good work' appreciation of your labors.
~ Anthony Bourdain
for floor personnel, who are also, at staff mealtime, referred to as the floor or the family or simply scum.
~ Anthony Bourdain
In summary, then, the myriad ways in which people have used this book and its ideas fall within five broad areas of application: (1) applicant screening and hiring, (2) leadership and team building, (3) conflict resolution, (4) accountability transformation, and (5) personal growth and development.
~ Arbinger Institute
Discovery was no longer a happy ship.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
She blinked back a fresh batch of tears. "You won't give up on me?" "Never," he said fiercely. "You, me and Mandy, we're a team. I know it was always just the two of you, but I'm here now, and I am always on your side. If one of us is in trouble, the other two will be there. That's the way it works. I promise.
~ Sherryl Woods
P.S. An editorial board is not a piece of wood. It's a group of people that gets together to put out a newspaper.
~ Sholom Aleichem
Only two months had passed since I had been traded to play defense for the Red Deer Rebels. In that time, I had learned to expect great hockey moves from Jason. I had watched him stickhandle while sliding on his knees. I had admired the way he hip-checked guys from out of nowhere. And I had been dazzled once to see him score with two guys wrapped around his shoulders. In my 25 games since joining this team in January, I had learned to expect nearly anything from #33.
~ Sigmund Brouwer
Jason rammed his pants down to his ankles. I couldn't believe it. We were down 1-0 less than 10 seconds into the game. In the same time, my partner was down to his red long johns and his hockey socks.
~ Sigmund Brouwer
We were down three goals by the end of the first period, something Coach Blair did not find amusing. "Three to nothing!" he shouted as we filed into the dressing room at the end of the period. "Three to nothing! This game is worth four points and all of you are skating like ballerinas out there!
~ Sigmund Brouwer
As a fourth-line winger, I'm nearly invisible. Sure, Coach Estleman knows my name. It's Tyler Watson. He understands my style of play. He knows what to expect from me on the ice. Other than that, I tend to fade into the background for him.
~ Sigmund Brouwer
At the end of last season, I'd been a draft pick for the Buffalo Sabres, a National Hockey League team. By drafting me, they had secured the rights to me as a player, but it didn't mean I'd automatically make the team. To improve my chances to play pro hockey, I wanted to be heavier and stronger, so each summer day after working on my dad's cattle ranch, I pumped weights and dreamed about playing for the Sabres.
~ Sigmund Brouwer
I've been a Raider all my life.
~ Jim Otto
Pull Together the Guiding Team. Make sure there is a powerful group guiding the change—one with leadership skills, credibility, communications ability, authority, analytical skills, and a sense of urgency.
~ John P. Kotter
When people fail to develop the coalition needed to guide change, the most common reason is that down deep they really don't think a transformation is necessary or they don't think a strong team is needed to direct the change. Skill at team building is rarely the central problem.
~ John P. Kotter
Mr. Passaro, let me teach you about how medicine works." He starts out. "One of two things is going to happen. Either the Doctors are going to say I told you so, or they are going to say that Jess was the exception. What you believe will determine who gets to say I told you so to whom." "Never stop believing." He begs me. "Doctor, you are on the team". I say. He smiles.
~ John Passaro
Think back to the Apollo 13 story. The astronauts and engineers had spent years planning for the launch. They had built a core team inspired by the vision of another flight to the moon. Despite all of that planning, they hit that gut-wrenching moment and said the famous words "Houston we have a problem.
~ John Spencer and A.J. Juliani
This is a covert operation, people!" he shouted over his bullhorn. "Covert!
~ John Swartzwelder
The price is high for not defining requirements or not doing it well. Poorly defined requirements result in requirements defects—errors in requirements caused by incorrect, incomplete, missing, or conflicting requirements. Defective requirements may result in: • Cost overruns, • Expensive rework, • Poor quality, • Late delivery, • Dissatisfied customers, and • Exhausted and demoralized team members.
~ Ellen Gottesdiener
Home base is the support system where we have a culinary team, my own writers because of the shows and the books and stuff, we have a culinary team of about six people. Marketing, public relations, accounting and all that sort of stuff.
~ Emeril Lagasse