Quotes About Teamwork

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

The other dragonets were his own size (nearly), and they didn't cheat (well, most of the time).

I like the one where we melt everyone's eyeballs on our way out the door," Glory said. "With magical death spit," Sunny said, then buried her head in Clay's wings to hide her giggles as Glory glared at her. "Three

I volunteer," Clay said. "I'm a world champion at sitting on my friends.

Sundew tugged the scarf a little higher up Bumblebee's neck. "Our turn, little bug. Stay very still and do NOT distract me, understand?" "Ooobeegoo," Bumblebee said sternly. She patted Sundew's face. "Do NOBBY splamflamp." "I wasn't planning on being splamflamp," Sundew retorted, "whatever that is.

With punching and biting?" Swordtail suggested hopefully. "And maybe some venomous caterpillars?" "I like the way you think," Sundew said. "But they're centipedes, dingbat.

It's different," he objected. "Swimming is not the same as trying to fly while getting blown about and whacked in the face with little balls of water and also lightning — have we talked about the lightning?" "He's coming, too," Kinkajou said to Moon. Turtle sighed in defeat.

Clay would be just as happy if nobody ever noticed how wonderful he is. Then he could sleep and eat and take care of us instead of fighting. Starflight

Or because he couldn't stand the idea of Moon and Qibli searching Pyrrhia, alone, together?

She went to CLASSES. And STUDIED. And had HOMEWORK. And did projects with OTHER DRAGONS. It was SO WEIRD.

I can think of is I distract him and you try

Tsunami whirled to glare at Starflight, her gills pulsing. "Say that to my face." "I am saying it to your face," he said. "Or was I saying it to your rear end? It's easy to get the two confused." He ducked behind Clay before Tsunami could even bare her teeth at him. "Hey, stop. Quit snarling at each other like mini Kestrels,

Ha," Starflight said. "Let's take a few back for Tsunami.

Listen. I used to think I could do everything by myself, too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for my friends.

With punching and biting?" Swordtail suggested hopefully. "And maybe some venomous caterpillars?" "I like the way you think," Sundew said. "But they're centipedes, dingbat." "Or," Blue interjected, "is there a way to sneak in where nobody gets hurt?

Cinema is a collaboration where everyone tries to erase everyone else's work.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Great teams make clear and timely decisions and move forward with complete buy-in from every member of the team, even those who voted against the decision. They leave meetings confident that no one on the team is quietly harboring doubts about whether to support the actions agreed on.

most of a leadership team's objectives should be collective ones.

there cannot be alignment deeper in the organization, even when employees want to cooperate, if the leaders at the top aren't in lockstep with one another

If you ask me, the best thing that's happened in the last year is that we've almost become a jackass-free zone. No matter what happens, and what challenge we might face, give me a roomful of people who aren't jackasses, and I'll be happy to take it on.

Great team players lack excessive ego or concerns about status. They are quick to point out the contributions of others and slow to seek attention for their own. They share credit, emphasize team over self, and define success collectively rather than individually. It is no great surprise, then, that humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.

Most people are generally reasonable and can rally around an idea that wasn't their own as long as they know they've had a chance to weigh in.