Quotes About Teamwork

Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!

The way to get things done is to not mind who gets the credit for doing them." – Benjamin Jowett, British theologian and classicist.

in order for students to develop skills of the type they are pushing for (such as creativity, problem-solving, teamwork and leadership), they must first have been taught knowledge.

People always asked me how the band played like it did night after night, almost murderously consistent, NEVER stagnant and always full balls to the wall. There are two answers. One is they loved and respected their jobs, one another, their leader and their audience. The other is . . . because I MADE them!

Koji pulled Ruben onto the next cog. Together, they became part of the space between things.

I can't believe how fast 20 years went by. I mean, this is crazy ... To be standing here, standing on the court with my teammates behind me, and appreciate this journey that we've been along... I grew up a die-hard--I mean it--a die-hard Laker fan. Die-hard. I mean, I knew everything about every player that had played here. So, to be drafted, and then traded to this organization, and to spend 20 years here, I mean, you can't write something better than this.

Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition.

Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.

And thus, through the courage and great skill in obstetrics of Queequeg, the deliverance, or rather, delivery of Tashtego, was successfully accomplished

And once for all, let me tell thee and assure thee, young man, it's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one.

But no more of this blubbering now, we are going a-whaling, and there is plenty of that yet to come.

Sing out and say something, my hearties. Roar and pull, my thunderbolts! Beach me, beach me on their black backs, boys; only do that for me, and I'll sign over to you my Martha's Vineyard plantation, boys; including wife and children, boys.

Be careful in the hunt, ye mates.

Oh, won't ye pull for your duff, my lads—such a sog! such a sogger! Don't ye love sperm?

it's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one.

In the tumultuous business of cutting-in and attending to a whale, there is much running backwards and forwards among the crew. Now hands are wanted here, and then again hands are wanted there. There is no staying in any one place; for at one and the same time everything has to be done everywhere.

Too many kings can ruin an army

Remember: You'll be left with an empty feeling if you hit the finish line alone. When you run a race as a team, though, you'll discover that much of the reward comes from hitting the tape together. You want to be surrounded not just by cheering onlookers but by a crowd of winners, celebrating as one.

Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and ore qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that is. But if you've imprinted your values on the people around you, you can dare to trust them to make the right moves.

He told me once that praying is like being a soccer coach and calling saints off the bench.

Mahan's dictum that good men and bad ships make a better navy than bad men and good ships was always near Nimitz's thoughts.

These young pilots acted as if they were playing football," Admiral Halsey later said. "They'd fight like the devil, then take a short time-out, and get back into the fight again.

It was an organization of freethinkers, in which a spirit of teamwork blended with an ethic of informality and an esprit de corps. It was built around a handful of talented

I lied. I need your help. Who are we killing? Do you have a pen?