“There are several insights at the heart of the A’s system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it’s a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god’s sake don’t go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy.” ThinkingHeartGuyGamesDifferencesPlayerWonderfulTeamBaseballSakeBlowInsightBudgetsQuarters Author:Michael Lewis
“It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.” ThinkingDreamKidsParentTeamEpitomeNicaragua Author:Diana Lopez
“I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.” ThinkingYearsCertainDealsNumbersTeamCome UpBoundariesCablesBest WorkAnd OffParameters Author:Shawn Ryan
“I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.” IfsThinkingCitiesOpinionTeamFootballRootsGreat Football Author:Paul Tagliabue
“I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together.” IfsThinkingWould BeTogetherFunEnjoyLeaderGroupsTeamSpecialMarkShameFearlessHaving FunWorking Together Author:Michael Weatherly
“You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time.” ThinkingMatterWould BeTeamCoupleBeatsSkinsHittingRight Time Author:Fuzzy Zoeller
“I was a Liverpool fan simply because my dad followed them. Unfortunately I wasn't born when the team had their golden era, but I enjoyed watching the likes of Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman when I was growing up. When Liverpool won the Champions League last year, I went mad. I was shouting so loud I think I woke up the entire village where I live!” ThinkingYearsLastsBornGrowing UpGrowingTeamFansDadMadMy DadLikesGoldenEnjoyedErasLoudLeagueChampionVillageLast YearShoutingLiverpoolChampions LeagueLiverpool Fans Author:Theo Walcott
“I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team's players.” ThinkingGivingIndividualGoalSituationPlayerTeamTalentStyleConcernedSettingSettingsDeceivingIndividual Style Author:Ronaldinho
“I think the way I look at things gives me a different perspective. I'm most valuable when I work with a team of bright people who complement my weaknesses with their strengths.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingLooksDifferentTeamPerspectiveWeaknessGive MeValuableDifferent PerspectiveComplement Author:Craig McCaw
“I'm not looking to step in and make 'big, bold changes' - I think reddit is great, and the team has a lot of good features already in the pipeline to improve functionality for users and mods, help with subreddit discovery, improve the API, and help bring reddit to more people.” PeopleThinkingHelpingBigsStepsTeamDiscoveryFeaturesUsersPipelineFunctionalityRedditMods Author:Yishan Wong
“I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?” IfsThinkingShouldSelfSidesTeamSelf EsteemConfidenceAssuranceSelf EmpowermentYour SideBe ConfidentSelf-importanceEstimating Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.” ThinkingMindTeamSpringGreat TeamPython Author:Robyn Hitchcock
“People realize that we're certainly faced with an abnormal amount of adversity. The Cincinnati faithful is still going through a healing process with what transpired with Coach Huggins in the fall. But over the 20 games they've seen this team, I think they appreciate the fact that this team continues to fight, even though they're not always happy with the result.” PeopleThinkingStillsFactsFallFightingGamesProcessRealizingResultsHealingTeamAmountAppreciateAdversityCoachesFaithfulAbnormalAlways HappyHealing Process Author:Andy Kennedy
“Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do.” ThinkingWayYearsHas BeensSometimesKidsTeamBlessedChaos Author:Jim Calhoun
“When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsTwoWould BePastMovingUnderstandingSecretPiecesTeamWeaponsDeserveBasesMarketingEdgesStudiosCreditChessFantasticBoardsExecutivesDistributionBlakeAlways ThinkingMoving AheadSonyDeserve More Author:Amy Pascal
“Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying to grind it out to get the win.” ThinkingWantTryingWinningTeamFactorsFatigueGrind Author:Paul Pierce
“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it. And we think it is.” ThinkingKnowsShouldRunningLife IsDiesChanceCompanyCreativityOur LivesTeamSittingGolfChosenExcellentDamnJapanWorth ItSailingPlaying GolfMonasteriesDamn Good Author:Steve Jobs
“I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And, you know, I think it wouldn't be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple. My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLifeTryingMeanEnoughWholeWould BeRunningJobsPartyTroubleTeamCapableApplesExecutivesGood EnoughBusSuccessors Author:Steve Jobs
“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
“I say to my team all the time that this is how I grew up: Always thinking that, at any minute, I could be unemployed. You have to scramble. You have to work hard and get ahead of things.” ThinkingHardTeamMinutesHard WorkGrewGrew UpUnemployedGet AheadAlways Thinking Author:Ursula Burns
“My job is to try to figure out how to fix things, and I'm going to fix things as best as I can. I'm going to get a team together to fix things. And I can't sit around and worrying what the heck the chairman of the Republican Party thinks about what I'm doing.” ThinkingTryingI CanTogetherJobsPartyWorryTeamFiguresRepublicanRepublican PartyChairman Author:John Kasich
“The thing about special teams - and I think football in general - is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.” ThinkingSometimesTeamSpecialFootballBearsSpecial Teams Author:John Harbaugh
“I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who has taught me so much about life. Hanging around with them, it's nothing I could have believed in grade school. I could be with all of them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... this former third-string pitcher from the Norristown High baseball team and the son of an Italian immigrant? I really am in awe when I think that has happened to me. What a life.” ThinkingYearsAbleSchoolPresidentLeaderHappenedTeamTaughtSonBaseballThirdsFormerCorporationsAweGradesImmigrantsStringsItalianTraveledPitcherDeanPhilanthropistMiltonHanging AroundDineGrades In SchoolFinanciersBaseball Team Author:Tommy Lasorda
“I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWellsBigsGamesWinningDifferencesMy OwnTeamSeriesWorld Series Author:Pete Rose
“I think you can learn lots of skills playing football. Team building is one. You also learn how to solve problems within your team. Sometimes you find yourself playing with players that you don't necessarily like, but you have to put your differences aside for the good of the team. It gives you skills that you may not appreciate at the time.” ThinkingGivingMaySometimesProblemDifferencesPlayerTeamBuildingFootballSkillsAppreciateSolveFinding YourselfTeam BuildingFootball TeamPlaying Football Author:Hope Powell
“If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.” IfsThinkingNeedsHardThreeGamesWinningPlayerTeamFootballEssenceEightExtrasTrust Me Author:Alex Ferguson
“I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLittlesI CanSelfPlayFactsTogetherOpportunitySportsUnderstandingGoalRolesIssuesImagineTeamTaughtVictoryDisciplineHealthyFemaleImportanceCompetitionDefeatGenderFactorsDiscussionWorking TogetherGovernorsSelf DisciplineAbsentGraciousVictory And DefeatHealthy Competition Author:Sarah Palin
“We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.” ThinkingFeelsKindLittlesSeemsHappensFallBitsGoalRaceTeamWindRight NowLittle BitToughAdversityFragileSailBenchesPlayoffsReally Positive Author:Wes Walz
“There is nothing wrong with [pitching by committee] in mid-week [games]. It creates unique problems for hitters. I think it creates more problems for good-hitting teams than it does for the other teams.” ThinkingDoeProblemGamesWeekTeamUniqueHittingUniquenessCommitteesPitching Author:Wayne Graham
“I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day. The Lakers had the Showtime era. Boston had six hall of famers on one team. You had Detroit, the New York Knicks, and now the Miami Heat. They were stacking their teams back then, it just fell off over the years and now it picked back up. Boston did it first, then LA. I was fortunate enough to play against them when they had Shaq, Kobe, Rick Fox, Gary Payton, Karl Malone... that's five hall of famers on one team! So you can't get mad at Miami for doing what they did.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsFirstsHas BeensEnoughPlayRealizingFiveFailingTeamNew YorkSixOrganizationMadErasFortunateHeatHallsFoxesBostonDetroitMiamiGaryBack In The DayLakersKnicksShaqShowtimeStackingMiami Heat Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCareWatchesTeamDon't CareI Don't CareHockeyI Care Author:Alexander Ovechkin
“If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons” IfsThinkingWellsSportsInterestingTeamLike YouLessonsVery InterestingSports Team Author:Strive Masiyiwa
“After Michael Jordan recently criticized President Obama's golf game, Obama responded by saying that Jordan should spend more time thinking about his basketball team, the Charlotte Hornets. Then Jordan said, 'Do you really want to talk about whose team got crushed this week?'” ThinkingWantShouldSaidGamesPresidentWeekTeamBasketballGolfMore TimePresident ObamaCrushedJordanCharlotteBasketball TeamGolf GameHornets Author:Jimmy Fallon
“In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.” ThinkingWantWellsPersonsRunningGuyNicePlayerTeamInterviewsNba Author:Shabazz Muhammad
“You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.” ThinkingKnowsWorldEnoughStrongCausesClassPlayerTeamFootballConcernBraveCommittedSoccerAnalysisOpponentsCharacteristicsFootballerHigh ClassBrave And Strong Author:Johan Cruijff
“I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.” ThinkingYearsNightGamesSportsStepsSuccessfulTeamLuckyBeing SuccessfulContributingStep UpGood Team Author:Ed Belfour
“The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.” ThinkingKnowsWantFirstsYoungGuyGamesSportsCareersTeamSticksYoung Guys Author:Mario Lemieux
“I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level.” IfsThinkingCausesSportsLevelsTeamHigh Level Author:Olga Korbut
“I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.” ThinkingMadeMightSportsEffortTeamPicksBritishCaptains Author:Payne Stewart
“I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line.” ThinkingPassionBeliefLinesSupportEconomyTeam Author:Steve Case
“I think maybe our team was too young and stupid to even know what was going on.” ThinkingKnowsYoungTeamStupidNhlBlackhawksYoung And Stupid Author:Patrick Kane
“I think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant. No man learns to design a golf course simply by playing golf, no matter how well. But it happened that both of us were extravagant admirers of the Old Course at St Andrews and we both desired as much as possible to simulate seaside conditions insofar as the differences in turf and terrain would allow.” ThinkingMenWellsMatterCoursesDifferencesHappenedTeamConditionsDesignGolfArchitectSympatheticGolf CourseExtravagantAndrewTerrainAdmirerConsultantsPlaying GolfAdvisorsTurfSimulate Author:Bobby Jones
“I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.” IfsThinkingPlayChanceTeamBaseballSeriesYankees Author:Mickey Mantle
“I'm just worried about winning baseball. I'm only worried about what I can do to help the team win. It's about improving in every facet of the game. I think that's everyone's goals. Whatever we can do to help the team win is what we'll do. I think Andy has done a great job of coming in and helping our offense. AD is getting those pitchers ready. Coach Mainieri is going to coach up some wins this year. We are very excited and working on every facet of the game.” ThinkingYearsI CanDoneHelpingJobsGamesWinningGoalCan DoTeamReadyBaseballExcitedCoachesWorriedAdsOffenseImprovingTigersPitcherFacetsGreat JobLsu Author:Alex Bregman
“I don't think I've changed very much. I think I'm the same kid that I was when I got here. When I came here all I wanted to do was win games. I wanted to play baseball for LSU and be the ultimate team player. That's all I want to do. If we don't end up being the last team to win the game at the end of the year then I won't be happy. That's all I'm worried about this year.” IfsThinkingWantYearsEndsPlayKidsWantedLastsGamesWinningPlayerTeamChangedUltimateBaseballWorriedTigersTeam PlayerLsuI've Changed Author:Alex Bregman
“We're the most experienced team in the league. I think we got a little too happy, running our mouths, jumping up and down, looking at the Heat dancers and all of that stuff. We had to step it up and show them what we're all about.” ThinkingLittlesShowsRunningStuffStepsTeamBasketballMouthsLeagueHeatDancerNbaJumpingUp And Down Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“On paper, I think this is the best team I've been on.” ThinkingTeamBasketballPaperNbaBest Team Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.” ThinkingNeedsSportsTeamFootballBasketballEssenceBaseballSeasonsHockeyDefiningParity Author:Michael Wilbon
“You're just trying to be yourself, and for me, playing soccer is being myself. One day, you're one person on a team. The next thing people are asking your opinion about things you're not an expert on. Because they recognize you, they think you must know something about something - which isn't necessarily the case.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingPersonsNextOpinionCasesTeamOne DayAskingSoccerExpertsBeing YourselfBeing MyselfPlaying Soccer Author:Brandi Chastain
“I think the only thing that matters is you win as a team and you lose as a team. And so the team needs to understand that no one player is bigger than any other player. Everybody has a role... Every single role is important.” ThinkingNeedsImportantMatterWinningLosesRolesPlayerTeamBiggerThings That MatterOnly Thing That Matters Author:Bill O'Brien