Quotes About Teamwork

The odds were stacked against them, but Derek knew that every last one of his teammates relished this mission. They'd trained together, fought together, lived, breathed, and bled together for six long months of deployment. On this tour alone, they'd racked up more successful tactical operations than anyone cared to count. But it wasn't every day they got the chance to rescue a civilian from the country they'd sworn their lives to protect and defend. At

Old Pops and I have got four good legs between us," he said. "Maybe that's enough.

Louie made a habit of sitting next to the mountainous shot putter Jack Torrance, who had an inexplicably tiny appetite. When Torrance couldn't finish his entrée, Louie dropped onto the plate like a vulture.

It takes two," he said after a moment. "That's why they call it coupling.

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

Rather than dividing your attention between twenty goals and doing none of them well, pick one to three goals and execute them brilliantly. Multitasking works no better for team achievement than it does for individual productivity; you're better off single-tasking in a fierce, focused way.

By its very nature, strategic thinking requires you to learn to make the best decisions you can as quickly as possible, boosting innovation and flexibility, helping your team adapt to circumstances as they change.

Like the captain of a ship, you should always consult with your officers before making a decision, taking their viewpoints and suggestions into account. But the decisions are ultimately yours, and you must make them. If you don't, circumstances will make your decisions for you.

become deeply engaged in their team's project, and

if you want to get the most out of your 168 hours, you need a work team and a home team, all focused on their core competencies, so you can focus on yours.

Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.

but seven of us went to where she was standing, looked

So what now?" [...] "Now," he says. "We figure it out together.

He hung up and stood there, his mind spinning. Uncle Benny's words whispered in his head. We'll do what we always do. What they always did. Fight fires. Save people's lives. Yes, that's what they'd do now. The FDNY was the biggest fire department in the world. They were the best. And they would do what they always did.

In pursuit of his goal, he attracted navigators, shipwrights, astronomers, pilots, cosmographers, and cartographers

the crew took turns cooking, or paid the apprentices to cook for them.

One by one, her crew of thirty-seven crawled to the end of the jib boom and jumped to a rocky beach.

This was not a job designed to endear him to the other crew members, and the alguacil stood apart from the rest of the crew.

the castaways evolved a plan. They would drag the planks over the mountains until they reached the river

Always be the worst guy in every band you are in.

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

While there may be no "I" in team, there is a "me".

Doing thousands of little things, day after day, inching along as consistently as you can, in the right direction as best you can tell, is management—and motivating or inspiring everyone to work together for long-term purpose is leadership.