Quotes About Teamwork

I used to play sports in school, but it was hard to do that because you're part of a team and you don't want to let your team down.

But we all know that, at least in principle, sync can be persistent without being periodic. Think of the musicians in an orchestra. All the violins come in at the same time, and stay in sync throughout. Yet they are not periodic: They do not play the same passage over and over again.

The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.

The second is trickier: the person who knows what to do next is the leader. We're entirely nonhierarchical in that way. But in a combat environment, when split seconds make all the difference, there's no time for second-guessing. When someone steps up to become the new leader, everyone, immediately, automatically, moves with him. It's the only way we win.

At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and that requires virtually no technology.

Try to remember that they're the reason you're out there—that their experience comes first. Adjust your pace to hike with them and set goals together for reaching certain landmarks or distances.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

The elements must combine to create a greater whole. You are fire, Bayard, and the firedrakes will bow to you, but we need the others.

We should be partners, not master and servant.

Steel squared her shoulders. "Ladies, and gentlemen, are are no' at home to Mr Fuckup today. Who are we no' at home to?" The response wasn't much more than an embarrassed murmur. "Mr Fuckup." "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! WHO ARE WE NO' AT HOME TO?" Better this time: "Mr Fuckup." "ONE MORE TIME!" They bellowed it out: "WE ARE NOT AT HOME TO MR FUCKUP!" "Damn right we're no'." She smiled, nodded. "Now get out there and catch me those bloody killers.

when I offered to either stay and help or go bake a pie, it was the pie that was most needed. It took six pies to finish the roof. I had not known that pies were such an important part of construction.

Senior pastors cannot be those who think they can do everything but are willing to let a few people help them. Rather, they are those who know they can't do everything, don't want to do everything, and are not willing to do everything; they welcome others to come along-side with their gifts in order to form a powerful team for Christ.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.

After doing 'Firefly' and moving on, I always wanted to be part of a series again. I love doing films, too, but there's just something special about being part of the team and feeling like you're actually a part of the family, and I always look to re-create that.

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

Our children learn at a young age which parent to go to with a request. It's vital that parents of teens present a united front.

The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in me. Once you get that belief in you, it's easy to play basketball, so, we really never had so-called role players.

Its really important to have cooperative co-actors when you're working and specially when you are doing a daily soap.

To be in a soap you have to be someone who is prepared to be at the grindstone, because it's all hands on deck.

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.

Life is a soccer field, don't you think?

It's important to be a soccer player in the sense of the whole vision - if you put me at forward, I can do it, or if you put me in midfield, I can do it.