TEAMWORK QUOTES III
quotations about teamwork
Teamwork enhances our skills of coordination and communication, and in a way it forces us to see the bigger picture, where individualistic dreams have to transcend into collective wants.
SHELLY ARISTIZABAL
This is Your Year: To Design and Live the Life of Your Dreams
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
letter to Dr. William Gordon, July 8, 1783
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
KOBE BRYANT
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
In today's fast-paced and ever-changing expanding world, teamwork is becoming a more and more essential soft skill for everyone from the CEO to the night guard.
KYLE CABRAL
"Teamwork: How Men Effectively Work Together on the Same Project", The Good Men Project, June 16, 2017
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
MAGIC JOHNSON
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
Teamwork is work.
MARGARET ANDREWS
"Teams: Lessons Learned", Inside Higher ED, May 17, 2017
When the head aches, all the members share the pain.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit.
PETER DRUCKER
Managing the Nonprofit Organization
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
PHIL JACKSON
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
The whole point of teamwork is to share the responsibility so that everyone has a chance to lead.
SUZANNE GODDARD
"How to use effective teamwork in the workplace", Huddled, May 19, 2017
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept that role, and strive to be excellent in playing it.
TOM CREAN
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
A strong team can be a microcosm of the organisation, espousing its values and working towards a shared purpose and a common goal.
VICTORIA BIRD
"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017
To be a team, you must be a family.
DON MEYER
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
An army is greater than a warrior.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
The Little Book of Great Thoughts
A player who makes the team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that's teamwork.
JOHN WOODEN
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.
NORMAN SHIDLE
attributed, Book of Business Quotations
Teams don't just make us better workers, they make us better people.
VICTORIA BIRD
"Why Teams Matter!", Training Zone, June 14, 2017
To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
PAT SUMMITT
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball
People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.
TOM VILSACK
speech, January 10, 2006
The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.
DAVE DEBUSSCHERE
attributed, Team Work: Rediscovering the Essence of Basketball