Quotes About Teamwork

I'm supposed to hire two more team members out of whatever law enforcement branch I can entice them from, but I haven't really bothered. Seeing as how every case I have is like a bad episode of The X-Files, but without the actual monsters, aliens and government conspiracies, I just don't see the need to deal with more personalities.

Instincts born of a childhood on the soccer field took over.

It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles.

I'm the guy who builds things. So when this dam is done, it will have Pete Conroy's name written on it somewhere. Even if nobody else in the world ever finds that place, it doesn't matter because I'll know that it was me and my men who did the job. Just as important, my men always come first. I get a lot more work out of men by treating them like decent human beings. I don't treat them like slaves, as some of the foremen do.

Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.

My big takeaway was that you lace up your skates, you put on your helmet and you get on the ice knowing all the rules. If you get blindsided, that's just part of it; if your teammate doesn't pass to you and takes the shot himself, that's the game, and if you lose 4–0, that's the game too. You just go out there and do your best with what you've got.

Montana and I had a chemistry that was unbelievable. When I first came into the league he told me I added five years to his career, and I just think we complimented each other very well and were able to do some amazing things out on the football field.

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

Wayne had roasted a turkey with his dad. They hadn't cooked together in what felt like a lifetime, and it was nice to soak and dice and chop. After Wayne called out why so tough, turnips , it became their exclamation when anything went wrong in the kitchen.

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

At present, he said, I am responsible for conveying my associates to a place called Chicago. I understand it is somewhere in the hinterland.

Churchill did not and frankly could not manage the staggering pressure of directing the war by himself. He relied heavily on others, even if sometimes these others merely served as an audience on whom he could test his thoughts and plans.

We were like a fire triangle, he was the oxygen, I was the flame, and together we made the fuel. All mixed together we were a fire.

You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting.

You're with a lucky boat. Stay with them.

You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all

You need two things in a marriage," she told me. "You need the will to make it work and you need to be able to make compromises. It's not hard to be right, but then you are right and alone.

And no one knows a show like its stage manager.

When people feel trusted, they'll begin to understand they are contributors--and you'll get great ideas and happy people.

Conflict can be healthy within a collaborative group, as long as everyone sticks to the issues and things don't get personal.

Train leaders in behaviors that promote trust and respect. Bust existing silos and focus on what's best for the project.

And all the way, to guide their chime,With falling oars they kept the time.

It was an integral part of Churchill's leadership code never to scapegoat subordinates.

never an easy subordinate.