teamwork quotes

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

To lead people walk behind them.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn’t mean we have to wash each other’s feet every day, but we must help one another.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I’m afraid that’s not quite right.

Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

We walk together, we move together, we think together, we resolve together, and together we take this country forward.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

I’m a fighter, I’m a winner, and I’m not interested in just battling my team-mate for the back of the grid.

My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.

Working with J Balvin has undoubtedly been an unparalleled experience.

We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You’re trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren’t very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That’s when I knew I had some athletic ability.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

I have a good team. It’s good to have a good team.

The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

I’m not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

When you create circumstances together, when you try everything, then you can lose. But you need to show the importance.

The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

It’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

You can sometimes play some really good football and not score.

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

If the team keeps changing then everything has to keep changing.

Hackathons are these things where just all of the Facebook engineers get together and stay up all night building things. And, I mean, usually at these hackathons, I code too, just alongside everyone.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

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

The amount of trust and bandwidth that you build up working with someone for five, seven, 10 years? It’s just awesome. I care about openness and connectedness in a global sense.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them – all of the lawmakers – have hearts to do what’s right, and they all are passionate about it.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.