Quotes About Teamwork

Contrary to Western evangelicalism's obsession with the individual, discipleship is and always was a group project. No one in the New Testament followed independent of other followers. —Steve Murrell, Wikichurch

When a team is trying to solve a tricky problem of what to do next and is stuck among several alternatives, Humble Inquiry means asking, "What else do we need to know?" or "How did we/you arrive at this point?" This is particularly true when others propose something that we oppose or don't understand.

We do not like or trust groups. We believe that committees and meetings are a waste of time and that group decisions diffuse accountability. We only spend money and time on team building when it appears to be pragmatically necessary to get the job done. We tout and admire teamwork and the winning team (espoused values), but we don't for a minute believe that the team could have done it without the individual star, who usually receives much greater pay (tacit assumption).

We would never consider for a moment paying the team members equally. In the Olympics we usually have some of the world's fastest runners yet have lost some of the relay races because we could not pass the baton without dropping it! We take it for granted that accountability must be individual; there must be someone to praise for victory and someone to blame for defeat, the individual where "the buck stops.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

Ahí se los dejo al Gato, agazapado, en puntas de pie, con los ojos semicerrados. Diciéndome desde las páginas de un cuento inolvidable que en el fútbol, como en la vida, hay algo más importante que las victorias y las derrotas. Mucho más importante: con quién te toque compartir eso de ganar y eso de perder.

Porque una de las grandes cualidades que tiene el fútbol es su capacidad de construir un mundo aparte dentro del mundo. Y mientras la pelota rueda los límites del universo son los laterales y la línea de fondo, y no hay otra frontera que las de las áreas y el mediocampo. Y la vida no tiene más extensión que la cancha. Y el género humano es la suma exacta de tus compañeros y tus adversarios. Y entonces puede cambiar la escala de las cosas.

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

Together — one of the most inspiring words in the English language. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work.

Come on, kids, let's put on a show!

Firefighting is all about ass - busting ours to save yours.

Firefighters are hot stuff!

You might be a firefighter if "climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement.

It is a fact that in the right formation, the lifting power of many wings can achieve twice the distance of any bird flying alone.

Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Cheerleaders are angels - we're the only humans who can fly.

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Cheerleading is more than a sport; it's an attitude.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.