“I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.” HelpingDreamAmericaFilmArtistVisionCreativeWeekTeamAchieveCastsProducersThirtyDesignerCaptainsSupportiveQualifiedSculptorsI Had A DreamPreps Author:Joe Johnston
“As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.” DreamOne ThingWeekTeamAchieveLatePreparedYour DreamsBowlsChampionshipTeammateDecemberSuper BowlPittsburghBarometerAchieving Your DreamsOaklandRaidersChampionship TeamSteelersOakland RaidersPittsburgh Steelers Author:Joe Greene
“I think if I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of always being incredibly focused on the task at hand. So wherever I've worked, I've just always tried to do my best, achieve my best, build a great team around me.” IfsThinkingHandsTeamAchieveTasksFocusedGuiltyGreat TeamTask At Hand Author:Angela Ahrendts
“The goal that the Obama team has is to fundamentally replace the historic America of self reliance, independence, the work ethic, the people who go out and achieve because they spend their lifetime doing the right things and they want to replace it with a politician dominated redistributionist bureaucracy which in the essence would mean the end of the America as it has been for the last 400 years.” PeopleWantYearsMeanHas BeensEndsSelfLastsAmericaGoalTeamAchievePoliticianEthicsEssenceIndependenceLifetimeRight ThingWork EthicBureaucracySelf RelianceHistoricRelianceDoing The Right Thing Author:Newt Gingrich
“Yes, bin Laden the man is dead. But he achieved all he set out to achieve, and a hell of a lot more. He forever changed who we are as a country, and for the worse. Mostly because we let him. That isn't something a special ops team can fix.” MenCountryHellForeverTeamAchieveSpecialChangedHe ManWho We AreBin LadenSpecial Ops Author:Radley Balko
“One thing for me that modeling definitely did was that you go to do a different job every day, and you are working with a completely new team of people. You have to learn how to talk to people and how to creatively achieve the same goals. I think it just hones your people skills.” PeopleThinkingDifferentJobsGoalOne ThingTeamAchieveSkillsModelingDifferent JobsPeople Skills Author:Cat Deeley
“It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.” I CanHelpingGoalTeamAchieveScoring Goals Author:Thierry Henry
“A system depends on the players you have. I played 4-3-3 with Ajax, 2-3-2-3 with Barcelona and a 4-4-2 with AZ. I'm flexible. The philosophy stays the same though. I don't think that you can adapt it to every possible situation. You need the right mindset, and it depends on how the players see the coach and vice versa. The coach is the focal point of the team but you need to have an open mind, and so do all the players. Everyone needs to work together to achieve a common goal.” ThinkingNeedsMindPhilosophyTogetherGoalCommonSituationPlayerTeamAchieveDependsVicesMindsetCoachesWorking TogetherFlexibleOpen MindVice VersaBarcelonaCommon GoalFocal PointAjax Author:Louis van Gaal
“I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving those goals as a team and being a part of that team.” GoalLove IsGreaterTeamAchieveSatisfactionSatisfaction In Life Author:Jim Harbaugh
“You can have a team of unconventional thinkers, as well as conventional thinkers. If you don't have the support of others you cannot achieve anything altogether on your own. It's like a cry in the wilderness. In each instance there were others who could see the same thing, and there were others who could not. It's an obvious difference we see in those who you might say have a bird's eye view, and those who have a worm's eye view. I've come to realize that we all have a different mind set, we all see things differently, and that's what the human condition is really all about.” IfsMindHumansWellsDifferentMightEyeRealizingDifferencesViewsSupportTeamAchieveConditionsCryBirdObviousInstanceWildernessThinkerHuman ConditionConventionalWormsMind SetUnconventionalDifferent Minds Author:Jonas Salk
“The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant is a team thing, and for the whole team it's very much that touchy-feely thing that I could have helped them achieve such an award.” WholeFacesTeamAchievePrideRestaurantsAwardsStaffTouchy Author:Paul Rankin
“The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead of individual agendas (e.g., the team or division you lead, your ego, your need for recognition, your career development, etc.) Confidentiality is respected downward more than it is respected upward. Organizational alignment is a direct result of this hierarchy (if it were the other way around, organizational alignment would be very difficult to achieve).” IfsWayNeedsWould BeIndividualDifficultResultsCareersTeamAchieveBuildingDevelopmentEgoDirectRecognitionEtcAgendasDivisionHierarchyTeam BuildingAlignmentCareer DevelopmentOrganizationalConfidentiality Author:Patrick Lencioni
“There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.” WayTurnsSportsAbilityTeamAchieveTennisExpensiveSports Team Author:Martina Navratilova
“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.” AbleOrderDifficultGoalSimpleAbilityLevelsPowerfulCommonEmotionLeaderGreaterTeamInfluenceAchieveBuildingCommunicationTypeConversationConflictMembersPerformancesComplexesDialoguePerformingInteractionDiverseEngagingAlignmentHallmarkOrganizationalTeam MemberCommon GoalDifficult ConversationsDiverse Teams Author:George Kohlrieser
“Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.” ThinkingHas BeensCountryPlayOpportunityWinningSportsTeamAchieveGoldFortunateMedalGold MedalsGreat Team Author:Larry Bird
“Finding the fine line between satisfying a daytime TV audience and an afternoon radio audience. That involved editing down my delivery to under an hour. I've been blessed to have great producers and a great staff to achieve that. I have a small team but they're very efficient.” HoursLinesAudienceTeamAchieveTvsFineInvolvedFindingsBlessedRadioProducersSatisfyingAfternoonEfficientStaffEditingDeliveryFine LinesDaytimeDaytime Tv Author:Wendy Williams
“I mean when you go to a network and say, "We want to make a martial arts series in the future." And give them the pitch. And by the way, the only way to achieve the authentic Hong Kong martial arts we need a full-time fight team unit working concurrently, and we're hiring a Chinese fight team from Hong Kong. And they were like, "Great, let's go."” WayWantNeedsGivingMeanArtFightingTeamAchieveSeriesChineseMartial ArtsUnitsHiringHong Kong Author:Alfred Gough
“Every artist that becomes famous has a team, and needs to convince someone to believe in them enough to have others rally around them to achieve stardom. If I can be that person, then I am happy to do it.” IfsNeedsBelievePersonsI CanEnoughArtistTeamAchieveConvinceStardom Author:Wendy Starland
“When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.” PeopleWellsPlayAbleWinningLevelsTeamAchievePrideBenefitsFinancialStandpoint Author:Brendan Daly
“Part of being able to make great decisions around that and to really grow a business and scale a business, it also comes down to people. I spend a lot of time building teams at both businesses - both The Trump Organization and my own - and thinking about who to hire to supplement the team and allow us to best achieve our goals.” PeopleThinkingAbleGrowsGoalMy OwnDecisionTeamAchieveBuildingTrumpOrganizationScalesSupplementsBuilding A Team Author:Ivanka Trump
“In order to achieve something, in competition with the powerful and smartly wielded influence of corporations, we need to join forces and be as well-organized as they are. This does not come natural to us more intellectual types, as we tend to be averse to hierarchy and groupthink; we don't like to be part of anything like a disciplined and well-organized team or movement. But the alternative is to continue losing politically - which means continued failure to protect the world's poor, who are really bearing the brunt of our disorganization.” WorldNeedsWellsMeanDoeOrderForceNaturalPoorPowerfulTeamInfluenceAchieveMovementTypeProtectIntellectualLosingCompetitionAlternativesCorporationsOrganizedHierarchyGroupthinkDisorganization Author:Thomas Pogge
“Rock stardom is hard work and it takes a team to make it happen. Also, communication is important because too often inexperienced artists have delusions of what a label is supposed to do for them. The truth is, being in the record business is hard work and requires focus and calculated moves to achieve success.” ImportantMovingArtistFocusTeamAchieveHard WorkCommunicationTruth IsDelusionRock Star Author:David Ellefson