Quotes About Teamwork

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support.

What are you going to call them?" Meg asked. "Lunch?" Simon offered. The female pack gave him a look that made him think running away would be a good idea, if he wasn't the leader and couldn't back down.

Even John Wolfgard was coming over to help, and the Wolves hadn't done anything about moving into their own place except pee on the house.

A leader needs to look beyond his own kind, needs the obedience of everyone

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

The boys wouldn't come to save him. Only Hazel would. And maybe that's why the boys would win.

Yeah!" Iggy said, laughing. "We can all charge her at once! Like she turns to do something on the board, and we all go right then. Bbrrrrrrmmmm!" "She'd freak!" said Owen enthusiastically.

But, while a group can function to be better than the sum of the individuals, it doesn't automatically turn out that way. Being in a group can improve our decision quality by exploring alternatives and recognizing where our thinking might be biased, but a group can also exacerbate our tendency to confirm what we already believe

Accountability, like reinforcement of accuracy, also improves our decision-making and information processing when we are away from the group because we know in advance that we will have to answer to the group for our decisions.

Work like a captain. Play like a pirate.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

Even if you don't become a professional athlete, the experience of working with a team, knowing how to set goals, and working every day to figure out how to accomplish those goals definitely gives you confidence to apply those same characteristics to other life challenges.

I competed every day as a professional football player... You've got to like competing. That's how your team gets better, when you have competition every day.

In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

I've played with, and against, some of the best players in the world and have experienced so much that professional football has to offer.

You have to deal with a lot of things when you are a professional football player, and that is not so easy.

In Japan, when I went there, there was no professionalism at all. But the biggest advantage was that everyone was united and wanted to progress from amateur football to professional.

I've always had the upmost confidence in my abilities as well as the other guys in The Shield. We all have kind of have the same mindset as far as success, personally and professionally.

We are definitely a team, from each band member to our management/booking agent. I like to be as involved as possible with business decisions, but at a certain point, it's important to me to step aside and let the professionals do their thing.

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

Authority doesn't have to be concentrated in me when I'm hiring outstanding professionals who know their jobs. I will be there if there's something that's not following what I want. But I also know that day to day, they're the ones that have to be accountable.

Infosys was founded and run by professionals.

Part of what any good health-care professional does, including an advanced-practice nurse, is know when it is time to seek help from more experienced professionals. I'm a primary care doctor. It doesn't mean I know everything. When something is beyond my competency or expertise, I seek consultation from my colleagues.

When it's show time, no matter what, differences are put to the side, and we come together to put on the best show possible because we are all professionals. Our love and passion for what we do always override any issues.