“If the CEO doesn’t see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space.” IfsNeedsMayAbleSpaceTeamFieldsCeoPlaying Fields Author:Steve Ballmer
“Although his playing career with the Broncos took place before my time with the team, I am well aware of what Floyd Little means to this franchise, city and league. Aside from his stellar play on the field, he helped make the Broncos relevant in the NFL and strengthened the bond between this team and its fans. He has waited a long time for this honor, and I couldn't be happier for him.” WellsMeanLittlesLongPlayCitiesCareersTeamFansFieldsHonorLong TimeLeagueNflMy TimeRelevantStellarBroncos Author:Pat Bowlen
“The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.” TryingI CanDifferentProblemLeftTeamFieldsComfortComfortableDo The BestTeammateLeft Field Author:Alfonso Soriano
“The fans made a difference in the outcome of the game. It was one of those games that Florida really did have to beat the team on the field and in the stands.” MadeGamesDifferencesTeamFansFieldsBeatsOutcomesFloridaTigersLsu Author:Gerry DiNardo
“Congratulations to the Auburn team and coach Malzahn. The piece for us was that we took some first and ten's and could not get a third down conversion. We kept putting the defense on the field. We tackled, we played hard, but offensively we did not execute. We are a work in progress. Certainly a group of men that are committed to fixing things. But frankly we did not get it done today.” MenFirstsHardDoneTodayPiecesProgressGroupsTeamFieldsTenThirdsCommittedDefenseCoachesConversionTigersCongratulationsFixingGet It DoneWork In ProgressLsuAuburnFixing Things Author:Les Miles
“I want us to be a connected team-on and off the field.” WantTeamFieldsConnectedNflWant UAnd Off Author:Aaron Rodgers
“Going out on the field frantic isn't going to help you score points. You have to try to lead your team.” TryingHelpingTeamFieldsNflScoreGoing OutFrantic Author:Colin Kaepernick
“I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.” GivingMindI CanPlayOrderRealizingRolesTeamFieldsProveAssumingNflQuarterbackProve MyselfLeadership Roles Author:Andrew Luck
“I told my team before we walked out on to the field in Tampa, I wanted them to stop and look each other in the eye - I mean really look each other in the eye because 10 minutes after we we're done beating the New York Giants, I knew that world would change; free agency, the business side of the business. I wanted them to appreciate this doesn't come very often. It may be the last time you have that opportunity.” WorldLooksMayMeanDoneEyeWantedLastsOpportunitySidesTeamMinutesNew YorkFieldsAppreciateNflGiantsAgencyLast TimeSuper BowlFree AgencyTampa Author:Brian Billick
“Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough. And I'm trying to earn my spot on the team. I'm trying to earn a starting spot. I'm trying to become a complete midfielder who attacks, who defends. So that's the mindset.” PeopleTryingPlayStepsTeamFieldsToughStartingMindsetSpotsDirtyMidfielders Author:Carli Lloyd
“I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.” PeopleThinkingDifferentWinningTeamFieldsPerformancesUnityDefinitionsWhatever It TakesGreat Team Author:Hope Solo
“New England has two factors to get them ready to play. They've consistently been, if not the best, the second best team all year and they're playing confidently. And a lot of those guys were on field when they lost to LA. They'll take motivation in that.” IfsYearsTwoPlayMotivationGuyLostTeamFieldsReadyEnglandFactorsConsistentlyNew EnglandBest TeamSecond Best Author:Landon Donovan
“People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.” PeopleIdeasOpinionPlayerTeamFieldsBest Players Author:Jack Welch
“Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.” AbleFeltRaceResponsibilityCareersTeamFieldsGoes OnRelax Author:Warren Moon
“I don't like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game,but it isn't exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.” PeopleIfsWellsDifferentFoundGamesSportsEnjoyHalfWatchesViolenceTeamFieldsFootballThousandQuietIntellectualEmptyBaseballBallsExcitingAppealsParksComparisonAfternoonAestheticStadiumsBounceTuesdayFootball GameSports TeamOne Sided Author:Bowie Kuhn
“Football is definitely a team sport. Without one person doing the right thing, the whole team falls. At Navy and in lacrosse, the off-the-field leadership comes into play, you know so if one person is slacking off, weve got everyone making sure everyone is pulling their own weight. Its like that in football too.” IfsKnowsPersonsPlayWholeFallSportsTeamFieldsFootballWeightRight ThingPullingNavyDoing The Right ThingSports TeamLacrosseSlacking Author:Sean Price
“I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.” KnowsStillsI CanEnoughWholeEnjoyTeamFieldsFootballTvsScreensWatching Football Author:Tony Dungy
“The realization that you're not always standing down there on the field merely to win, to be successful, was very liberating. One can be successful by helping the team, the other players. All of a sudden I felt the kind of empathy for people that I hadn't felt before.” PeopleKindHelpingWinningFeltSuccessfulPlayerTeamFieldsEmpathyStandingRealizationBeing SuccessfulLiberatingStanding Down Author:Oliver Kahn
“The attitude in terms of how players work both on and off the field has a massive impact on us as coaches but also the performance and how the team does as well.” WellsDoeTermAttitudePlayerTeamFieldsPerformancesImpactCoachesMassiveAnd Off Author:Warren Gatland
“When you go to plant a flag on the visiting team's field, it's a form of taunting, .. What message are you sending when you spear it into the turf of your defeated opponent?.” FormTeamFieldsMessagesPlantOpponentsFlagsDefeatedVisitingSpearsTauntingTurf Author:Brad Davis
“One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big.” PlayBigsTeamSpecialFieldsPositionThirdsBlockScoreSpecial Teams Author:Frank Knight
“Every team in the NFL is hard, but when we play our own division it's a fight. Our goal is to make it to the playoffs and to do that we have to win games within the division. We match up well against this division, it's just a matter of getting on the field and doing what we know we can do.” KnowsWellsMatterHardPlayFightingGamesWinningGoalCan DoTeamFieldsNflDivisionPlayoffs Author:Giovani Bernard
“When I retire and I'm back at home with me kids, they're not going to care that I smiled too much on the field. They're not going to care what kind of team player I was.” KindHomeCareKidsToo MuchPlayerTeamFieldsRetiringTeam PlayerI'm Back Author:Jim Edmonds
“I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s.” TeamFieldsGrewGrew UpArmy Author:Eric Shinseki
“The best thing that a coach can have is experience. The first time that you're going out to lead a team on the field, you have certainly thought about what you're going to say, but it gets easier as you go. You'll learn what works and what doesn't, not just about what you do on the field but what you say to players to get them motivated.” FirstsPlayerTeamFieldsEasierFirst TimeCoachesBest ThingsMotivatedGoing Out Author:Vince Kehres
“My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants, in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."” IfsThinkingFirstsMadeSaidTwoHelpingMightThreeGamesWinningLostTeamNew YorkFieldsTerribleBallsErrorsSeriesLegsManagersGiantsThrowingSuggestionsFoulPiratePittsburghCatfishCenter FieldersCenter Field Author:Joe Garagiola
“One of these days, someone smarter and younger and more articulate than I is going to get through to the American people just how really messed up the federal government has become. And when that happens, the American people are going to rise up like that football crowd in Cleveland and run both teams off the field.” PeopleGovernmentHappensRunningTeamFieldsFootballCrowdsThese DaysSmarterFederal GovernmentMessed UpCleveland Author:Zell Miller
“The French don't have a baseball team. And if they did, there'd only be a left field, and no one would be safe.” IfsWould BeLeftTeamFieldsSafeBaseballBaseball TeamLeft Field Author:Robin Williams
“You see the assets of your actors and you see their strengths and you try to play into them. It's like I feel part of my job is as a coach. I'm putting a team on the field and you want to formulate how to make the best game out of these players.” WantFeelsTryingPlayJobsActorsGamesPlayerTeamFieldsCoachesAssets Author:James Mangold
“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.” MatterPlayHelpingWinningLevelsTeamFieldsHigh LevelWhatever It TakesPlaying FieldsInspirational Team Author:LeBron James
“During the game, we never sit down. Not only is there action on the field, but we also have to cover the half-time show and interview all the celebrities attending. But once it's all over, it's a pretty satisfying feeling. My team and I love delivering an exciting and all-encompassing story the next day for our viewers. We want them to see and experience all that we did.” WantStoriesShowsFeelingsActionNextGamesHalfTeamFieldsExcitingInterviewsOver ItSatisfyingViewersNext DayDeliveringAttendingHalf Time Author:Megan Alexander
“When you get out in the field, it's just like any other game. You want to be the same player, the same team that has gotten them to that point. I don't think you have to do anything special. Just be yourself and allow all the time you put in that take over and get the job done.” ThinkingWantDoneJobsGamesPlayerTeamSpecialFieldsBeing YourselfJust Be YourselfGet The Job Done Author:Stephen Curry
“And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big friend. Also, she's tall. She's one of the tallest girls in the school. And she's an athlete. And she writes many years later, at the end of her life, she writes that the happiest day, the happiest single day of her life was the day that she made the first team at field hockey. And I have to say, as a biographer, that's the most important fact. I” WritingYearsFirstsMadeImportantEndsFactsBigsSchoolGirlStarsLove IsLeaderTeacherTeamFieldsAthleteTallHockeyMentorEleanorBeing A TeacherBiographersField Hockey Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I mean, if you pause over what it means at the age of 76 that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, the happiest single day of her life was the day she made the first team at field hockey. Field hockey is a team sport. Field hockey is a knockabout - I mean, picture Allenswood, the swamps of north London. It's a messy sport. So she really enjoyed playing this rough-and-tumble sport in the mud of Allenswood, a team sport. And she was very competitive. And she loved being competitive, and she loved to win. And that, I think, was all of the things that Allenswood enabled.” IfsThinkingFirstsMeanMadeAgeWinningSportsTeamFieldsLondonEnjoyedRoughHockeyPausesMudMessySwampsEleanorSports TeamField Hockey Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I've learned a lot about the process. I had no idea how the balls got from the officials locker room down on the field and so forth and so on and all of that. That's not something I have ever thought or concerned myself about [on] game day. I've concerned myself with preparing and coaching the team.” IdeasGamesProcessRoomsTeamFieldsConcernedBallsNo IdeaCoachingOfficialsI've LearnedPreparingLockersLocker RoomGame Day Author:Bill Belichick
“On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.” KnowsTeamFieldsFootballDrugKissingWarmBlissHugFootball Field Author:Bill Kurtis
“A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team.” MenIndividualTeamFieldsAchievementPlatesStand AloneIndividual Achievement Author:David Mamet