Quotes About Teamwork

We make a sensational team.

Spiderwebs joined together can catch a lion.

same path cleared by Six. Bear

when new technology for cardiac surgery was introduced, those medical teams with leaders who minimized concern for status differences—in other words, were willing implicitly to admit they didn't have all the answers and take advice from underlings—had the most effective communication, learned the most, and found the transition the easiest.

from some of the Yankees when they all went to a baseball game together.

Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together. I've got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.

Anyone right here or out there who can be part of your progress and success story but, he or she is not willing to be part of it. Believe it or not, apparently he or she is as good as against your success or progress. You can say I said so. ~Emeasoba George

Two good heads are better than one, not just any two heads. Now that infers, you ought to make common cause i.e. you ought to unite with someone else or others sometimes in order to achieve some of your targets, goals, dreams, visions or aspirations. So, dare to synergize. -Emeasoba George

Because meetings involve people, things can and will go wrong. Provide first aid when necessary.

Don't do for a group what a group can do for itself.

We could not do every day out of our own heads all we have to do. We should accomplish nothing, for all our energies would be frittered away in minor attempts at petty improvement. One man, too, would go off from the known track in one direction, and one in another; so that when a crisis came requiring massed combination, no two men would be near enough to act together.

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

So, I think the important thing is for us to work together. This shouldn't be a Democratic-Republican battle.

as she went. Her head bent so far underneath her that I feared her neck would break. Finally the Jeep stopped at the edge of the water. Ed and I helped the ranger unchain her and flip her back over. Then

won't be easy. We'll all have to work our butts off to repair the damage." Laura was suddenly desperate for breathing room. Along with his look and his tone, David's size had become intimidating. Breaking from his hold, she crossed the office to

What roles do you want to play? Consider, for example the roles of: team builder; manager; individual contributor; change agent; technical expert; relationship builder; trouble shooter; someone who makes things happen; consolidator; problem solver; conceptualizer; big picture thinker; marketer; decision-maker; talent spotter/nurturer; mentor; turnaround artist; mediator.

Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous.

We had a solid structure and format in place, seasoned people involved in the production of the show, and audience popularity that was unprecedented. We knew we were onto something, but we had no idea that it would last as long as it did. That surprised all of us--but it was a wonderful surprise.

Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Here's the thing about baseball-it's not the individual sport I thought it was. Turns out I was wrong about that. Yeah, the batter is a lone man against the world. He stands in the batter's box like a soldier and it's up to him-and him alone-what happens next. But here's the thing I didn't understand until I was forced to, until recently: In order to hit a home run… Someone else has to pitch the ball.

It's just a base hit, people. It means nothing unless we put a string of them together.

Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.

just rub two Boy Scouts together for a spark. If

People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations.