“I don't love the idea of three superstars coming together to form a dream team, I'd rather teams are built more organically, just as a fan it's more interesting to see.” IdeasDreamTogetherFormThreeInterestingTeamFansBuiltSuperstarComing TogetherDream Team Author:John Legend
“I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.” GuyChanceTeamPartnersSparringSparring Partner Author:Michael Spinks
“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
“Each team always has that one power player, even Carmelo. Those are the guys who would represent the logo.” GuyPlayerTeamLogos Author:DJ Khaled
“Everything we play when we are growing up, is team related. In this game (of golf) you can find all the answers yourself. You don't need to throw the ball in the air and play catch with yourself. You get a bucket of balls and go out there with your clubs, and you hit and learn and you get better. And there's no top.” NeedsPlayGamesAnswersGrowing UpGrowingAirTeamBallsGolfClubsGet BetterRelatedBuckets Author:George Lopez
“The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do.” IfsWantInspirationalYearsPlayMotivationalFightingLove IsFirePlayerTeamFansFrontsStupidModelsHarderCrowdsCornersCoachesHockeyUnpredictableTeammateNhlBenchesPlayoffsBest Hockey Author:Ken Dryden
“I'd have loved to have been a footballer. I was always playing football and I enjoyed it much more than tennis to begin with. It's more fun to play in a team, all the parents are there cheering you on.” Has BeensPlayFunParentTeamFootballEnjoyedTennisCheerFootballerPlaying Football Author:Andy Murray
“There have been a lot of roles and scripts that have come my way but nothing that really inspired me or intrigued me like when "Burlesque" showed up at my door. Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque. I've been intrigued by the time that it's set in, in the 20's, 30's, 40's and so I knew it was a no brainer for me to be a part of once I met with the team.” WayHas BeensBookWholeRolesDoorsTeamMetsConceptsInspiredScriptsMy WayFascinatedIntriguedBurlesqueNo Brainer Author:Christina Aguilera
“I went through a change in my life and my career where I finally understood how to train and prepare. I finally understood what it meant, and I've had so many fantasies about being able to go back and be 16 again. And redo parts of my high school career. Redo all of my college career. Redo my attempt to make an Olympic team.” AbleSchoolCareersFantasyTeamCollegeUnderstoodHigh SchoolTrainChanging My LifeRedos Author:Chael Sonnen
“Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.” HandsCareTodayLastsWorryFocusHappenedTeamTasksDon't CareGet BetterGood TeamTask At Hand Author:Mike Zimmer
“I don't like looking at awards everyday because I feel like they can make you lazy. So, I give them to my Mom and let her look at it everyday. They are symbols of the hard work she put into me. Her sacrifices allowed me and my team to win those awards. But I don't look at any awards everyday.” GivingFeelsLooksHardWinningSacrificeTeamHard WorkMomEverydayMy MomSymbolsLazyAwards Author:Tyra Banks
“Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.” WayWantMadeHardEnoughStoriesAbleFilmTeamLuckyIndependentIndependenceDevelopingIndependent Film Author:Paul Haggis
“I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me.” PeopleNeedsTwoMy OwnTeamEntourage Author:Kevin Gates
“On the set of an independent film you can tell that nobody is doing it for the money. Everyone is there because they love the script. A smaller budget sort of unifies everyone; it's a real team effort and that's amazing. But these opportunities just don't present themselves that often for me, so basically any chance I get to do something different I jump on it.” DifferentRealFilmOpportunityChanceEffortTeamIndependentScriptsBudgetsIndependent FilmTeam Effort Author:Will Ferrell
“I did try out for football and wrestling but they wouldn't let me on the teams because I had blue hair.” TryingTeamFootballHairLet MeBlueWrestlingBlue Hair Author:CM Punk
“Trust is a competency. It's something you can get good at. It's a strength you personally, and your team and your company can master. Being good at it will elevate every other strength you have.” CompanyTeamMastersBe GoodCompetencies Author:Stephen Covey
“Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it's almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.” MenTwoActorsActingTeamJugglingSync Author:Steve Martin
“I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things.” PeopleWonderfulTeamMinutesCreatingMeetingsVarietyFascinatingWonderful Things Author:Richard Branson
“I do not think being a coordinator is a requirement, but it does give you some advantages. You get used to working with half the team and you go through the game-planning and decision-making processes.” ThinkingGivingDoeUsedGamesProcessDecisionHalfTeamAdvantagePlanningDecision MakingRequirementsDecision Making ProcessCoordinator Author:Tony Dungy
“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
“Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.” WantTryingMayReasonPhilosophyCertainKnowingTeamWindSticksCarefulWhat You WantBuyingExceptionAttemptingGroceries Author:Bill Parcells
“I never had any problems with my height. I was always the smallest kid, at school and in my teams.” ProblemKidsSchoolTeamHeightSmallest Author:Lionel Messi
“Men own basketball teams. Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and briefer, and players' shorts get baggier and longer.” MenYearsHumorFunnyPlayerTeamBasketballShortsOutfitsCheerleaderBasketball Team Author:Rita Rudner
“Most women are introspective: "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilled?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win? How's my car?"” MenHumorFunnyWinningTeamCarFulfilledIntrospective Author:Rita Rudner
“Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.” HumorTodayFunnyWaitingTeamDaughterBaseballFuneralAttending Author:Jerry Coleman
“God surrounded me with the right team, with the team that I needed to help me exercise all of my ideas. You need that. You need that army, you need that force.” NeedsIdeasHelpingForceTeamNeededExerciseArmyHelp Me Author:Lauryn Hill
“[Writing a joke] there is no team of writers. It's just you in an office, staring at yourself in the mirror.” WritingTeamOfficeJokesMirrorsStaring Author:Jimmy Fallon
“My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe, or studying for a doctor's degree at MIT. They have been always very supportive and understanding of the challenges and risks involved in my career. A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.” NeedsHas BeensIndividualUnderstandingChallengesCareersStudyRiskTeamInvolvedActivityDegreesEuropeMy FamilyDoctorsAimFlyingFighterAspirationCombatSupportiveKoreaJetAircraftTeam WorkMitSupporting Each OtherFighter Jets Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player.” MadeI CanBeliefComedyPlayerTeamJokesDespiteBostonMarathonTeam PlayerBoston Marathon Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I follow the baseball team on the Internet more than I do the football team. Generally you can get a Nebraska game anywhere. Before I started doing big arenas and stuff and had a tour bus when I was just working comedy clubs way back when I would always listen to the games in my hotel room on the Internet.” WayBigsGamesStuffRoomsComedyTeamFootballInternetBaseballClubsHotelBusArenaBack WhenFootball TeamHotel RoomsNebraskaComedy ClubsBaseball TeamWay Back When Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“People think stage school is a little star factory but the truth is kids like me learned about being in a team situation and going out to work earlier than a lot of kids did. I don't know anyone from drama school who's now sitting on their arse doing nothing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsSchoolStarsSituationTeamStageDramaTruth IsSittingLike MeFactoriesGoing OutDoing NothingArses Author:Amy Winehouse
“From the first days of my career as an entrepreneur, I have always used my own and my team's lack of experience to our advantage. In fact, at our first venture, Student magazine, we used our newcomer status to secure great interviews and generate publicity - people were excited about our new project and wanted to get involved. Our inexperience fed our restless enthusiasm for trying new things, which became part of our core mission.” PeopleTryingFirstsFactsWantedUsedMy OwnCareersTeamStudentsInvolvedProjectsAdvantageEntrepreneurExcitedMissionsCoreMagazinesEnthusiasmSecureInterviewsFedsNew ThingsVentureRestlessGet InvolvedPublicityInexperienceTrying New ThingsNew ProjectsNewcomers Author:Richard Branson
“After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.” IfsWantedFunnyTeamSummerProgramAddCongressThroatOlympicsCabinetsVolleyballReaganomics Author:Bob Hope
“Probably no one here knows I coached a football team - a service team - playing against Georgetown. I think it was in the fall of 1924 Lou Little was your coach, and he beat us. But it was a very happy circumstance, because it brought me the friendship of another man, Lou Little, who to this day remains my very warm associate and friend.” ThinkingKnowsMenLittlesFallSportsTeamFootballCircumstancesBeatsRemainsWarmCoachesThis DayAssociatesVery HappyAnother ManFootball TeamGeorgetown Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.” MenBelieveWellsRealSelfHardPlayFeelingsI BelieveSportsTeamFootballAmountVictorySatisfactionSelf ConfidenceEnthusiasmDedicationExesFootballerQualificationsInstill Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“It's much easier when your team's winning. When your team starts to lose, that's where a lot of these quarterback controversies divide a locker room. The key, as a pro, is to be a pro.” WinningLosesRoomsTeamKeysEasierDividesControversyQuarterbackLockersLocker Room Author:Kurt Warner
“Lead, don't drive. And give credit. Don't blame. If an officer on your team suggested something and it worked well, give them credit. If it doesn't work well, you take the blame because you made the decision.” IfsGivingWellsMadeDecisionTeamBlameCreditOfficers Author:John Wooden
“I hate to be like everyone else, but I'm rooting for San Antonio because I like teams that were built the old-fashioned way.” WayHateTeamBuiltI HateOld FashionedAntonioSan Antonio Author:Mitch Albom
“I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important.” PeopleNeedsImportantDecisionTeamFortunateHelpfulEnd TimesUrgentSpend Time Author:Stephen Covey
“In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.” PeopleStudyTeamIndependentHospitalsOld PeopleGeriatrics Author:Atul Gawande
“People don't realize how much the food industry has infiltrated all aspects of our children's lived experience, including their experience at school. There are sponsored curricula by food companies, they're also in our schools with logos sponsoring sports teams.” PeopleChildrenSchoolSportsRealizingCompanyTeamIndustryAspectOur ChildrenIncludingLogosSports TeamFood Industry Author:Anna Lappe
“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
“It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team.” WorldMayImportantGamesTeamMessagesOutside World Author:Oliver Kahn
“Football can teach us that although a team's individual players may be weak, it can still be successful if it uses common sense. Or that we should not attack anyone physically when we suffer a depressing defeat.” IfsShouldMayStillsUseSufferingIndividualCommonTeachSuccessfulPlayerTeamFootballWeakDefeatCommon SenseBeing SuccessfulDepressing Author:Orhan Pamuk
“I think the body responds to more reps better than heavier weight. As long as I got those reps in three or four sets, it didn't bother me and I could come down on the weight. Teams didn't want me to do it as much, but that's just the way it is.” ThinkingWayWantLongBodyThreeFourTeamWeightBotherWant Me Author:Frank Thomas
“I really believe in setting goals, no matter what it is: whether it's losing five pounds or making the world championship team.” WorldBelieveMatterGoalFiveTeamLosingNo Matter WhatSettingSettingsPoundsChampionshipSetting GoalsChampionship Team Author:Dara Torres
“I like the team effort of everyone pulling together to make one good project.” TogetherEffortTeamProjectsPullingTeam EffortPulling Together Author:Gregg Sulkin
“Never stop trying to impress your partner. If you can both stay in that place, when you really want to show the best of yourselves to each other, relationships can become such a powerful team.” IfsWantTryingShowsPowerfulTeamPartnersImpressStop Trying Author:Matthew Hussey
“I love the idea of relationships as being the ultimate team - someone you share everything with, who completely and utterly backs you, and whom you give to completely unselfishly. It's easier said than done, but we all need something to aspire to.” NeedsGivingSaidIdeasDoneTeamShareEasierUltimateAspireEasier Said Than Done Author:Matthew Hussey