Quotes About Selflessness

I'm just trying to be the best teammate I can possibly be.

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.

Whenever I see that a teammate is in a better position, I will pass the ball.

In some crazy sort of way, if I died helping a teammate or a friend or someone that I love, I think I could live with it. My family probably couldn't, but I think I could.

I'm just trying to be the best teammate.

I just need to be a good teammate if I don't get looks.

My main focus was to be a great teammate. That's all I hoped to accomplish. I don't really care about legacies.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

I love to set up my teammates. I am not here to be a star, to show off. I am here to play for the others, but if I have to try and clinch a game, then I will.

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'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

Seeing my teammates happy is more fun than me actually doing something.

With me, and people know this, since I've gotten to the league the first day I've always been about trying to help my team win, trying to play for my teammates. That's just the way that I am.

There are a lot of guys who average a lot of points, but they make the game hard for themselves, and they make the game hard for their teammates, and that's why you never really see them win or get deep in the playoffs.

The way I play is not to prove anybody wrong. It's to help my teammates win games.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

Often, I allow teammates to take my penalties so they can have goals, but no one talks of that.

I'm focusing on being the best I can for my teammates - catching as many balls and putting in as many good blocks as I possibly can.

I just want to go out and play the right way, make sure I get my teammates the ball and then also bring the energy on defense. That's something that I know I can do each and every game, whether my shot's falling or not.

I told our players at Butler, 'I hate to break it to you, but you aren't playing beyond here. That's reality. So why are you so concerned with yourself?' It's a hard lesson, but I told them, 'How you handle your role on this team will be remembered by your coaches and your teammates. It will define you.'

I enjoy sacrificing myself for my teammates.

One reason I've had success is that I try to think of everyone around me as more important than myself - teammates, coaches, equipment guys, everybody.

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.