“I'm a confident player, I know I can score. I don't think anyone can guard me consistently off the dribble. But I'm a team player.” ThinkingKnowsI CanPlayerTeamScoreConsistentlyTeam PlayerDribble Author:Chamique Holdsclaw
“My nature is to keep things inside. In time, I'll be comfortable stepping up when I think the team could use my input.” ThinkingUseTeamComfortableInput Author:Ray Allen
“I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.” ThinkingTryingI CanHelpingWinningNumbersTeamDo The Best Author:Carlos Gonzalez
“If it's early in the game and the team's not doing well, I get frustrated when I don't get the ball, because I think I can spark the team and get the crowd into it.” IfsThinkingWellsI CanGamesTeamBallsCrowdsSparksFrustrated Author:Randy Moss
“If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.” IfsThinkingGuyChanceTeamValuableNotchesTop Notch Author:Jason Spezza
“The only thing I think about is getting ready for every five days, to go out and get ready for my team.” ThinkingFiveTeamReady Author:Ubaldo Jimenez
“Of course I think a 10-year investment would be in a team's best interest. Look at Cal Ripken Jr., that guy was around until he was like 40... Not that I'm going to be in my 40s at the end of the 10-year deal or anything.” ThinkingYearsLooksEndsWould BeGuyCoursesInterestDealsTeamInvestmentThat GuyCal Ripken Author:Miguel Tejada
“Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensMightAsksLeftUnitedRaceTeamEnglandClubsTitlesLeagueMight Have BeenManchesterBest TeamManchester UnitedPremier League Author:Jose Mourinho
“If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.” IfsThinkingWould BeUnitedSawsTeamLeagueManchesterManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Thierry Henry
“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
“We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.” ThinkingImportantKidsWinningLosesTeamCoachesWinnerCoachingEmphasisWill To Win Author:Bobby Knight
“I think of Milan every day, really. I was really happy at Milanello. I love the team, the staff, everybody who works there. I love the fans. I miss Milan badly, I miss Italy. I don't miss a single [Milan] game, and I don't understand those that say that Calcio is in difficulty. It's so competitive and complete.” ThinkingGamesTeamFansMissingDifficultyStaffReally HappyMilan Author:David Beckham
“The critical thing about the design process is to identify your scarcest resource. Despite what you may think, that very often is not money. For example, in a NASA moon shot, money is abundant but lightness is scarce; every ounce of weight requires tons of material below. On the design of a beach vacation home, the limitation may be your ocean-front footage. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you're optimizing.” ThinkingMayWholeHomeProcessTeamFrontsExampleDesignMaterialsMoonOceanShotsResourcesWeightCriticalDespiteLimitationBeachVacationScarceNasaOften IsLightnessScarce ResourcesDesign Process Author:Fred Brooks
“I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.” IfsThinkingPlayCareBoysPracticeTeamTalentToughDon't CareI Don't CareSaturdayAlabama Football Author:Bear Bryant
“If the world does need to repopulate at some point, the announcing team of Rob Lowe and Sofia Vergara, I think, would make very pleasant children.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsChildrenDoeTeamPleasantAnnouncingLowes Author:Jon Stewart
“Particularly in the final season [of Fringe], when we were shooting seven-day episodes with a reduced budget and big special effects, the team was so polished, by then, that we were able to do it and, I think, with incredible results.” ThinkingBigsAbleResultsTeamSpecialEffectsSeasonsSevenFinalsIncrediblesShootingBudgetsEpisodesFringePolishedSpecial EffectsSeven Days Author:John Noble
“I've said it would have to be our Empire Strikes Back for me to come back and for me to pull the whole team back together. I think we do have that idea. We do have the idea that feels big and really blows the doors off this franchise. It's hinted at promises of something for two movies now, for thirty years, so it's time to deliver on that.” ThinkingFeelsYearsSaidTwoIdeasWholeBigsTogetherDoorsTeamPromiseBlowStrikesThirtyEmpiresThirty YearsBack TogetherStrike BackEmpire Strikes Back Author:Joseph Kosinski
“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.” ThinkingShouldFilmActorsIndividualMillionsIssuesHeardTeamTalentHavensNew YorkOfficeHollywoodThirdsAthleteBoxesRevengeCorporationsOwnersLots Of MoneyYankeesSalaryPenniesZealAlexOutrageNew York YankeesKevinBox OfficePopulistCeltic Author:Linda Chavez
“For me particularly, when I listen to or make the music of the team called SHINee, I think that ultimately SHINee is me and I am SHINee.” ThinkingTeamShinee Author:Kim Jong-hyun
“Don't worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out... or, um... blown... blowed out... Let's think about what we need to do going forward, and they had, uh... blown out.” ThinkingNeedsGamesWorryTeam Author:Emmitt Smith
“I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen.” ThinkingYearsHandsHappensGivenEasySportsDifferencesChanceRaceCasesTeamDriversFormulasRacingOld YouFormula OneCompetitive Sports Author:Jenson Button
“I don't think anybody should go through life without a team of psychologists. I have been through times when I'm literally squatting in the living room, having one of those open-throated cries, where you're crying all the way to your butthole. I always believed I would come out of it, though.” ThinkingWayLifeShouldHas BeensRoomsTeamCryAlways BelievePsychologistLiving RoomRough Times Author:Jim Carrey
“I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)” ThinkingCitiesPlayerTeamScotlandManchesterMirroringManchester City Author:Alex Ferguson
“In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.” ThinkingWellsTeamNormalSeasonsScotlandChelsea Author:Alex Ferguson
“Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it. (on the Champions League)” ThinkingHas BeensWinningTeamSeasonsEnglandCompetitionFantasticLeagueChampionChampions League Author:Steven Gerrard
“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
“When I was 16 years old I led the team in scoring. I would attack, attack, attack and that is something I think you are just born with, I really do.” ThinkingYearsBornTeam Author:Michael Redd
“I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments, and if you can't handle one of them, you probably don't deserve to win anyway.” IfsThinkingPlayWinningEnvironmentTeamFootballTypeDeserveSeasonsHandleGreat ThingsFootball Season Author:Bill Simmons
“In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.” ThinkingFirstsI CanCan DoTeamFootballSeasonsSpainEnglish Football Author:Luis Garcia
“We bought good footballers. But many haven't got it, that football is a running and fighting sport. Against Bayern every team outdoes itself. And we do too little to counter that... We need a couple of attack dogs. Sometimes I sit on the bench and think, 'Man, is this a friendly match?'” ThinkingMenNeedsLittlesSometimesRunningFightingSportsTeamDogHavensFootballCoupleGermanyFriendlyBenchesFootballer Author:Otto Rehhagel
“I think some teams shied away because of it, ... But Minnesota stuck with me and I was happy about that.” ThinkingTeamStuckMinnesota Author:Eddie Griffin
“You guys have to understand that I started in as deep of waters as there is. I've been the underdog since the first time I put gloves on. I love my fans but I don't give a crap about who thinks who is gonna win or not. This isn't a team sport. I'm the one that has to deal with the person fighting in front of me.” ThinkingGivingFirstsPersonsGuyFightingWinningSportsWaterDealsTeamFansFrontsFirst TimeCrapGlovesUnderdogSports Team Author:Joe Warren
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Balance is a tricky thing. I love my work and that helps. And I work a lot. So I spend a fair amount of time trying to make sure I'm taking time off, exercising, meditating and things like that. I also have a powerful support team (including my partner, Kelley) to keep me grounded. I don't always feel like I have the balance I want, but I have awareness about it, which I think is key.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingHelpingPowerfulSupportTeamAwarenessKeysAmountBalanceExerciseFairsIncludingPartnersTake TimeGroundedTrickyMeditatingThings I LoveTime Off Author:Steven C. Harper
“This is I think a dramatic point for conservatives. They are waking up to the fact that this guy, that Donald Trump has an ability to speak to people who they thought were theirs ideologically, people who they thought were a part of their team.” PeopleThinkingFactsGuySpeakAbilityTeamTrumpWake UpDramaticWakingThis GuyAbility To Speak Author:Ben Domenech
“My team of people around me, they were like, 'Don't be waiting and begging for a man.' You know what I'm saying? Like, 'Don't be desperate because you think having a boyfriend is going to be better. It might be harder with your career.' And then I was like, 'Yeah, you're right. I need to enjoy this."” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenNeedsMightWaitingEnjoyCareersTeamHarderYeahDesperateBegging Author:Meghan Trainor
“My reputation is different among different groups. You have your fans, your non-fans, your team, your crew, your family, your friends and then you have your peers. I think they're all different and each of them have their separate opinions about you.” ThinkingDifferentOpinionGroupsTeamFansReputationOur FamilyPeersCrew Author:Joey Logano
“We leave Scarlet Witch without a home, without a family, and she ends up creating a surrogate family within the Avengers and making a decision to be a part of the team. I think a lot of that has to do with what Jeremy's character - like his attitude towards her and the speech he gives her at the end of the film. So we pick up with her having started a new life, but still trying to figure out what her abilities are and if using them causes greater good or greater damage.” IfsThinkingGivingTryingStillsEndsCharacterHomeFilmCausesAbilityDecisionAttitudeGreaterTeamFiguresSpeechCreatingPicksDamageWitchNew LifeScarletGreater GoodAvengersSurrogates Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?” ThinkingKnowsWantTwoSeemsWantedSchoolGirlTeamBasketballDecidedClubsBasketball TeamMaking FriendsSteadiness Author:Barack Obama
“I don't want to toot all of our horns, but the entire design team and this department really pioneered a bunch of things that have never been done before. I think it's a beautiful look. I think it deserves recognition quite frankly.” ThinkingWantLooksDoneBeautifulTeamDesignDeserveBunchRecognitionDepartmentHorns Author:Christine Bieselin Clark
“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
“I think that it is very interesting to write about a team because a team is a group of people who work in very close quarters and have very intense relationships so - in my days of playing sports, I was very rarely on a team that did not have it's own peculiar dynamic, and you wind up having very intense feelings for good and for bad about these people with whom you spend many hours a day.” PeopleThinkingWritingFeelingsSportsHoursInterestingGroupsTeamWindIntensePeculiarQuartersVery InterestingPlaying SportsIntense Feelings Author:Chad Harbach