Quotes About Teamwork

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

The three processes—people, strategy, and operations— remain the building blocks and heart of good execution.

How you meet your own commitments is important. Are you doing it by draining energy—driving people relentlessly, or burning them out by making impossible demands? Or are you expanding the capacity of the organization by helping people grow and expand their own capacities? In other words, there's a right and a wrong way to delegate.

Lead a large group of people—to consistently take a few simple actions—over a sustained period of time.

Their hands slapped library door handles together, their chests broke track tapes together, their tennis shoes beat parallel pony tracks over lawns, trimmed bushes, squirreled trees, no one losing, both winning, thus saving their friendship for other times of loss.

The other men helped, and Montag helped, and there, in the wilderness, the men all moved their hands, putting out the fire together.

So there they go, Jim running slower to stay with Will, Will running faster to stay with Jim

Fine fellows—cannibals—in their place. They were men one could work with, and I am grateful to them.

One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Yossarian knew what he meant. "That's not what I meant," Doc Daneeka said as Yossarian began scratching his back.

Yossarian devia a sua boa saúde ao exercício, ao ar puro, ao trabalho de equipa e ao bom desportivismo, e fora para se esquivar a tudo isso que descobrira o hospital.

You can't just throw people at all your problems, dear.

I've Got Him! You've got to keep at her. Forget all your training--she's fought you a thousand times. Don't presume to run my team, you little tart- (Colossus throws Emma at Danger) Yes. I see how it works. Normally, I wouldn't have done that.

went out for sports as others did, in an affable herd.

In marriage as in tennis, one player is inevitably superior to the other.

Unity increases power.

down their road, each way, wid a flag," directed O'Brien to Casey, "and thin tear up their track. Cut off the rails six inches inside the highway line. Don't ye get off the road on to the company's ground, av ye value yer life. Get the thrack out av the way, an' thin start the plows an' scrapers. Dump the dirt in a long pile in the middle av the sthreet; don't cover up anny av the Dubskys or Polowskys, but kape the dirt movin'.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport

The difference between shooters and scorers is that shooters usually need plays to be run for them or screens to get their shot.

Winning squads emphasize fundamentals-pick and rolls,teamwork,and defense. They play with passion and they play hard. They move the ball, and when their players don't have it, they move well without the ball. They play with sagacity by exploiting mismatches. They gauge their opponents weaknesses and then attack them relentlessly.

I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome

When you're up against adversity, when your shots aren't falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you're not getting calls, that's when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle or blaming your teammates, the officials, or the opposition, players have to keep calm and act decisively to change the tide. Playing the blame game is a sure sign that a team has not jelled and is taking the wrong path

You may be great to serve under, difficult to serve alongside, but you sure are hell to serve over!