Quotes About Collaboration

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.

You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.

I owe a lot to my teammates.

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

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.

Seeing my teammates score, I love that. It is what I like about football.

You want to get your teammates involved. You want to make the right play. But sometimes you have to be the guy to make the play.

I love being around my teammates, and I love leading and having responsibility.

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.

You always try to make your teammates better. You help out your teammates, and they help you out in return. As they get better and better, they can help you more and more. At least, I've always seen it that way.

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

It makes it easy for a player when you've got really good teammates and when everyone wants the same thing.

When you see the rival make a certain pass, you don't need to look behind you. You know 100 per cent that all your teammates will go with you.

People have to understand what my game is. It's not all about numbers. There's a bigger picture here. I don't create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens and get rebounds.

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.

I have great teammates around me who make plays.

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.

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

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.