“Some teams have a nucleus to build around. The Falcons barely have an embryo. So if you see suspicious looking wires running from the locker room to Dimitroff's office, and the general manager pushes down on the plunger as early as today, don't feel the need to cover your eyes. You've already seen the worst.” IfsNeedsFeelsEyeRunningTodayRoomsTeamWorstOfficeManagersOver YouWireSuspiciousLockersLocker RoomEmbryosNucleusFalconGeneral Manager Author:Jeff Schultz
“When I relentlessly pursue Christ, I put all my faith in Him to be able to play well and lead my team. With His power, we are able to pursue and play for His glory. We want to go out and show the world that Christ lives.” WorldWantWellsPlayShowsAbleChristTeamGloryPursue Author:Marcus Mariota
“I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans.” YearsTwoSchoolPiecesTeamInformationFootballAmountHigh SchoolCupsLeagueUnfortunateSeniorGreeceAmerican FootballFootball TeamAthensSenior YearColts Author:Greg Kinnear
“The best part about being married is that feeling of being a team. All couples have ups and downs, so having someone you trust is priceless” FeelingsTeamCoupleMarriedBeing MarriedPricelessUps & Downs Author:Hugh Jackman
“Argentina and Brasil are both extremely good south american teams who'll play a central role at the worldcup.” PlayRolesTeamSouthArgentina Author:Thomas Muller
“Study and keep your attention on whatever it is you're going into. Build a good team. The team needs to know what it's doing They need to be people you can trust and people you can work well with.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsAttentionStudyTeamGood Team Author:Kamerion Wimbley
“You can't micromanage. People who try to do that often fall on their faces. Incentivize those who work with you so you get the best work you can. Every career is a team effort, even if you're the one in front.” PeopleIfsTryingFacesFallEffortCareersTeamFrontsBest WorkTeam Effort Author:Michael Franzese
“For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingYearsLittlesStillsTwoDifferentGuyEnergyStuffBitsTeamDyingLittle BitDown AndYeahMonsters Author:Darryl Dawkins
“Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the best ball-players and pay 'em what they're worth.” WantPayPlayerTeamFansBallsWinnerEmsOwnersBall Players Author:Moses Malone
“The only reason people are saying I'm the number-one player is because I'm with the number-one team.” PeopleReasonNumbersPlayerTeam Author:Moses Malone
“I had very little support from any feminist organization. But fortunately my post-marital lover, who had bailed out of academia over political in-fighting, was a one-man support team. He was the one who pushed me to write.” MenWritingLittlesPoliticalFightingSupportTeamLoversOrganizationFeministPostsOne ManAcademia Author:Betty Dodson
“Even when I wrote Basic myself the day before I burned it into a computer I wasn't making design changes. I didn't have a testing team. I did all the testing myself. And there was no project methodology or schedule that, there was the notion of coming to a close means testing a lot at the end and making very few changes.” MeanEndsTeamDesignComputerProjectsNotionBurnedSchedulesTestingMethodology Author:Bill Gates
“Certain teams are more careful in what they write. They generate less bugs. You can know that but it still doesn't mean there might be there might not be one bug that would be bad to ship the product with.” KnowsWritingMeanStillsMightWould BeCertainTeamProductsCarefulShipsBugs Author:Bill Gates
“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
“I was always about the team, regardless of our relationship wasn't working out or didn't work out.” TeamWork OutOur Relationship Author:Rajon Rondo
“One of my favorite teams of all time is Fran and Barry. I just thought Fran and Barry last season were just incredible and they just sort of went against all odds and were very successful.” LastsSuccessfulTeamSeasonsIncrediblesMy FavoriteAll TimeOddsAgainst All Odds Author:Tom Ford
“When I bought the [WNBA] team, I saw that no one really cared about them. Like the locker facilities that these young women have to work in-they weren't right. I want to give them the best locker room facilities and show them they're valued-because if you show them value, they're going to perform better. And this goes for all women, not just basketball players.” IfsWantGivingShowsYoungValuesRoomsSawsPlayerTeamBasketballYoung WomenFacilityBasketball PlayerLockersLocker RoomWnba Author:Sheila Johnson
“Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what's called female engagement teams, going into villages, talking with women and sometimes coming under fire.” SometimesTalkingFireTeamFemaleArmyIraqVillageAfghanistanEngagementUnitsMarineInfantry Author:Renee Montagne
“We all know artists who like to collaborate, who like to work as a team. It all kind of depends what your habitual working method is.” KnowsKindArtistTeamDependsMethodAll KindsHabitualTeam Work Author:Eric Drooker
“I think the daily challenge for a lot of beat reporters is, how do you get past the regurgitated sound bites of powerful people or evasion masters who are so used to this routine - the theatricality of press conferences and stage-managed interviews and teams of handlers?” PeopleThinkingPastUsedSoundChallengesPowerfulTeamStageMastersBeatsPressesInterviewsRoutineBitesReportersConferencesEvasionPress ConferencesSound BitesDaily Challenges Author:Sarah Stillman
“I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week.” EnoughPlaySchoolThreeFunSidesFiveWeekTeamFootballGood EnoughHobbiesThree TimesPlaying Football Author:Matthew Lewis
“I think that my IQ level grew as a player. I think that I [run] the game a little bit better. I'm waiting for the game to come to me, and I'm picking and choosing my spots instead of just going out there and just doing whatever because I don't have to do that with this team?” ThinkingLittlesRunningGamesBitsWaitingLevelsPlayerTeamGrewLittle BitSpotsGoing OutPicking And Choosing Author:Derrick Rose
“An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not to focus on the Taliban but on manipulating senators into giving more funds and troops [to the war].” GivingWarFocusTeamInformationVariousPsychologicalOperationsFundAfghanistanTroopsSenatorsTaliban Author:Michael Hastings
“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
“At a label, you are confined to the team you have, but I did all my solo work myself, and that makes you more agile and able to go into weirder corners.” AbleTeamCornersLabelsSoloConfined Author:Dawn Angelique
“I want longevity; I love music, being a musician is the greatest gift in the world to me, and if I were to get signed to a label, my family and team around me are always gonna be there to make sure they want the very best for me. My fans are what it's all about.” IfsWorldWantTeamFansMusicianMusic IsMy FamilyLabelsLongevityGreatest GiftsMusic LoveI Love Music Author:Christina Grimmie
“There are definitely aspects of that kind of stuff. The whole team [of Legends of Tommorow] gets thrown together. They don't really know each other like that. They haven't worked together before.” KnowsKindWholeTogetherStuffTeamHavensAspectThrownLegends Author:Franz Drameh
“As an actor, rejection is a big part of it, and I've had a lot of it. So when there's something that you really want to do, it's so great to have someone to be a part of a team as great as this team is.” WantBigsActorsTeamRejection Author:Nick Jonas
“I'm certainly not an expert and I imagine I'll spend my life figuring it out. What I do know, is that you can't take it all on yourself: find amazing people to collaborate with, build a team, and support other people doing the same. When you share your goals and ambitions with other people and they share with you, you exist in an energizing cycle of always creating new things with people that believe in you.” PeopleKnowsBelieveGoalSupportImagineTeamShareAmbitionCreatingExpertsCyclesNew ThingsBelieve In YouAmazing PeopleEnergizingGoals And AmbitionsFiguring ItCreating New Things Author:Karlie Kloss
“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
“I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play called The Changing Room written by a wonderful man named David Story. It was about a rugby team in the North of England. It got just screaming rave reviews. At that time, virtually every major critic went up to the Long Wharf Theater to see a new play like that.” MenLongDonePlayStoriesRoomsWonderfulWrittenTeamHavensNew YorkMajorsEnglandTheaterCriticsReviewsRugbyPremieresRaveConnecticutWonderful Man Author:Richard Masur
“I was really nervous, because I was certain it was going to be bigger than anything I'd ever done before. But I was relieved when I actually discovered that there was a family atmosphere on the set, with a brother-sister team, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson running it all.” DoneRunningCertainTeamBrotherBiggerNervousAtmosphereRelievedWilsonBarbaraBrother SisterBroccoliSkyfall Author:Naomie Harris
“One of my biggest lessons has been to be easier on myself and not make things such a big deal. It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself. Today, I still have moments where I feel myself start to go to the place of not being on my own team, but then I reel myself back.” FeelsHas BeensStillsMomentsFeelingsBigsTodayRealizingMy OwnDealsWonderfulTeamEasierLessonsPatternsBig DealPower To Change Author:Renee Marino
“I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.” TryingEnoughSleepSupportTeamExerciseMountainMundaneGood TeamEnough Sleep Author:Lisa Loeb
“I would like to thank all the people who've said such nice things about it. Team Batman is giving it our collective all for you. We're trying hard to not let you down.” PeopleGivingTryingSaidHardNiceTeamCollectivesNice ThingsTrying Hard Author:Greg Capullo
“Honestly, I think winning changes all of that. It doesn't matter where you are - it could be Timbuktu - if you win, people will watch, they'll follow and they'll support. It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players. Look at the teams that have been successful in the NBA. Yes, you have big, glamorous cities like L.A. But Miami has won, and so has San Antonio. Oklahoma City is a very successful team. They're not the biggest markets.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksHas BeensMatterBigsWinningCitiesResponsibilityWatchesSupportSuccessfulPlayerTeamHonestlyNbaWhere You AreGlamorousMiamiOklahomaAntonioSan AntonioOklahoma CityTimbuktuSuccessful Team Author:Masai Ujiri
“Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.” SportsTeamExampleBasketballBaseballAnalyticsSports Team Author:Steve Ballmer
“Baseball is a set of individuals doing their thing in the same team, but it's much more individual. In basketball people are making real time decisions about who gets the ball, do we trust everybody out on the court, and the analytics certainly don't show you all those subtle dynamics, but they're very important.” PeopleImportantRealShowsIndividualDecisionTeamBasketballBaseballBallsCourtSubtleDynamicsAnalytics Author:Steve Ballmer
“I don't have a lot of experience running basketball teams.I'm just trying to get smart enough even to understand everything going on. As much of a fan as I am, I haven't played the game since ninth-grade. If you told me when I bought the team that there were 12 kinds of pick and rolls, I would've told you I have no frickin' clue about that.” IfsTryingKindEnoughRunningGamesTeamFansHavensBasketballSmartPicksGradesClueBasketball TeamNinth Grade Author:Steve Ballmer
“I can tell you first-hand from my experiences with Sacramento, the league does try to honor the fan bases it has, and encourage teams to stay in their home markets.” TryingFirstsDoeI CanHomeHandsTeamFansHonorBasesLeagueSacramento Author:Steve Ballmer
“They seemed like a team. And I think it is fair to say that Roosevelt was the consummate politician and that Eleanor was the socially conscious activist. It gave them a nice combination of yang and yin, which they took advantage of. And I think it worked very well for them politically.” ThinkingWellsNiceTeamPoliticianConsciousAdvantageFairsCombinationActivistEleanorYang Author:William A. Rusher
“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'm based in Stockholm and I train at Nexus Fighter Centre, it's my club and my head coach Andreas Michael but for two weeks now I went to Vegas to train with Team Alliance with coach Eric Del Fierro, Phil Davis and top level guys. I had top level sparring so I'm more than ready.” TwoGuyLevelsWeekTeamReadyTrainClubsCoachesFighterCentreVegasAlliancesTwo WeeksEricAndreaHead CoachesNexusSparringStockholm Author:Alexander Gustafsson
“A lot of teams don't think I'm physical, although some do. Some say I can be physical at times, but they don't see the physicality all the time. I tell them, "Do you want a guy who is a knockout artist or do you want a sure tackler?" From what I know, all tackles, big or not, count the same.” ThinkingKnowsWantI CanBigsArtistGuyTeamPhysicalityKnockouts Author:Rahim Moore
“For me, I don't really see a lot of the things I do as what I do, I see that as what our team does. It just happens to be that I'm the quarterback in those situations.” DoeHappensSituationTeamQuarterback Author:Colin Kaepernick
“I'm a Brewers fan. I was born in Milwaukee, so I'm all Wisconsin teams all day.” BornTeamFansWisconsinMilwaukeeBrewers Author:Colin Kaepernick
“There were 31 teams that didn't think I was as good as the guys taken off the board. That's no disrespect to the talented players that they are, but I'm confident in my abilities and every time I go out there I want people to wonder why I wasn't on their board and why they didn't try to pick me up.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingGuyAbilityWonderTakenPlayerTeamPicksBoardsDisrespectPick MePick Me Up Author:Justin Cole
“God gives you opportunities and I'm thankful that the Chiefs gave me this opportunity. I'm very grateful to be on this team. I'm just going out there to try and be the best player that I can be for this team and take it from there.” GivingTryingI CanOpportunityPlayerTeamGratefulChiefsBeing The BestGoing OutBest Players Author:Justin Cole