Quotes About Teamwork

Sometimes I feel like I'm not only the engine but the caboose. I have to be in the front car and pull forward, and at the same time run around behind and push everybody along with me.

You're the expert,' I said. 'I'd just have told you to use your best judgement in any case.' She nodded, seemingly relieved, and I swept my gaze around the rest of the little group. 'And that goes for the rest of you too,' I added. 'Unless you're faced with a decision which will affect our safety as a group, just get on with it.

if you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.

We've got beauty, we've got class, the other team can kiss our …

At school, when they had to do group projects, Spencer always insisted on doing most of the work. The others will just screw it up, she always thought. They won't do it as well as I can.

It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.

Everyone was important during the war. Everyone. We worked together and we won.

Everyone happy with the plan?' 'I'm not happy about any of this,' Zera said. Kreya one hundred percent agreed with that, as did they all. But they set about doing it anyways, because that was what heroes did.

If you choose the right people for the group, it goes a little bit differently. At the same time, you can't always predict what's going to happen. Success might change people.

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.

Every time you see a University of Michigan team, you're going to see a team that's going to play together & fight until the end until there's two zeros on the clock.

If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

Having a highly homogeneous background, education, values, preferences, etc, in the very early team is better than not - cuts down on time-wasting arguments.

I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing with myself! I admire people that can do it, but it's not for me.

Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.

Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup.

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

My dad has always been my coach. And I've spent so much time with him. So he's one of my best friends. And I can talk to him about everything.

There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta be creative, you gotta let your talent take over.

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.