“I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.” FeelsTryingYearsHas BeensMadeDifferentEnoughStrongEnjoyTeachWorryTeamConceptsAthleteCoachesStrong EnoughNot Worrying Author:Melanie Roach
“I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.” WorldTryingHas BeensSelfRealityTurnsFictionClassTeamCarScience FictionSpendingDrivingEngineersGoogleWorld ClassProfessional LifeDriving Cars Author:Sebastian Thrun
“I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast.” TryingLongPlayKidsAgeSchoolPastGirlWaterTeamHairBallsGuitarGlassesAthletePianoGradesHockeyThrowingBucketsJocksLong HairAcneHockey Team Author:Michael Weatherly
“If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.” IfsWantTryingLooksImportantTeamAreasBallsBoxesDrifting Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.” IfsWantTryingPlayerTeamIntimidating Author:Bobby Orr
“The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that you want to have, a product that you want to have. You're utterly focused on your users or your customers and their needs, and trying to figure out how to meet those needs.” IfsWantNeedsTryingTeamFiguresProductsCustomersFocusedUsersRemakes Author:John Katzman
“I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.” TryingJobsGamesWinningTeamSilly Author:Jermain Defoe
“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
“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
“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
“We have overwhelming evidence that available information plus analysis does not lead to knowledge. The management science team can properly analyse a situation and present recommendations to the manager, but no change occurs. The situation is so familiar to those of us who try to practice management science that I hardly need to describe the cases.” NeedsTryingDoeSituationPracticeCasesTeamInformationEvidenceManagementAvailableFamiliarManagersAnalysisPlusOverwhelmingRecommendations Author:C. West Churchman
“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
“I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.” TryingTogetherFunTeamHaving FunGlueBeing Myself Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to win this cup. The last team to do so was the 1973 Spurs team.” TryingFirstsLastsWinningTeamFootballLondonCupsTonightCommentatorsSpursTottenham Author:Mike Ingham
“Beautiful fans of Oklahoma City, I can’t say enough about you guys. All the support you give our team. The home-court advantage we have is the best I’ve ever seen. We disappoint you sometimes, but we try our best every single night to win for you guys. And we want to win a championship for you guys.” WantGivingTryingI CanSometimesEnoughHomeBeautifulNightGuyWinningCitiesSupportTeamFansAdvantageCourtNbaChampionshipDisappointSupport YouOklahomaMvpOklahoma City Author:Kevin Durant
“We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams... we all stink. We can try to improve but to do so we will need to make trades. And who would want our players that are underachieving?” WantNeedsTryingPlayGoalPlayerTeamSpecialTradeScoreHockeyHittingNhlStinkSpecial TeamsUnderachieving Author:Ted Leonsis
“We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One.” IfsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongTwoDoneWholeMightWantedGuyAsksGivenStuffVoiceOpinionTeamMediaLike YouBasketballLifetimeWhole LifeShipsDieselLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm not really worried about my numbers now as a 36-year-old. I'm not trying to be the first, experimental case of a 36-year-older trying to maintain his numbers, especially when I'm on a team like this. Can I do the same stuff I could do when I was Amare's age? Of course not. I'm not going to even try. However, I feel that I'm the baddest 36-year-old out there.” FeelsTryingYearsFirstsAgeCoursesStuffNumbersCasesTeamBasketballWorried Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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 can't do anything with what's happened in the past. I have to just go forward with the most awareness I can going forward and trying to be the best I can be for our team.” TryingI CanPastHappenedTeamAwarenessBeing The Best Author:Tom Brady
“I really try hard to keep a good bead on the pulse of the team. Am I pushing the right buttons? When do I need to be harder on them? When do I need to have a little more fun with them? It's all about timing. The more I can do that the better chance we have for these guys to be hitting on all cylinders and reach their potential.” NeedsTryingLittlesI CanHardGuyFunCan DoChanceTeamHarderPushingTimingHittingButtonsPulseBeadsCylinders Author:Pete Lembo
“Every year is different and every team is different. Your talent is different, how it gets is different, your leadership is different. That's one of the things that I really enjoy about it [coaching] - trying to maximize the potential of your team relative to how it changes every year.” TryingYearsDifferentEnjoyTeamTalentCoachingRelative Author:Pete Lembo
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“Any time you lose a few in a row, you have to hit reset and come back tomorrow and do the best you can to forget about how the past series went. It's frustrating. Individually it's frustrating. I'm trying to figure it out. And I know as a team, it sucks losing a few in a row any time. So you know, we'll snap out of it.” KnowsTryingPastLosesForgetTeamFiguresTomorrowLosingSeriesFrustratingDo The BestSnapsReset Author:Adam LaRoche
“It never changes. Football is a game of repetition, mental and physical. You may try to articulate it a little different, but it's the same thing: Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke. Teams aren't winning because of what they had for breakfast of what some coach said in the locker room.” TryingMayLittlesSaidDifferentGamesWinningRoomsMistakePlayerTeamFootballJokesFundamentalsCoachesGet BetterNflBreakfastFewerRepetitionNever ChangeDrillsLockersLocker Room Author:Barry Switzer
“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
“We play by the rules, we play hard and we prepare hard. The work ethic of our team and preparation is like no other in my opinion and we try to make our fans in America proud.” TryingHardPlayAmericaOpinionTeamFansProudEthicsPreparationNflWork EthicSuper BowlPlay Hard Author:Robert Kraft
“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
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“I don't really get involved in it, the whole thing. I understand how important this city is and what I mean to this city and what our team means to the city... but I don't get caught up into it. I just go out and play my game. I try to lead the best way I can, and if I can put my team and this franchise in a position to win the title, I'm grateful for that.” IfsWayTryingMeanI CanImportantPlayWholeGamesWinningCitiesTeamPositionInvolvedGratefulCaughtBest WayTitlesNbaCaught UpGet InvolvedNba Finals Author:LeBron James
“Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.” ThinkingTryingI CanCareersTeamProven Author:Robert Griffin III
“I just try to just roll with the punches. I mean, once the team pretty much starts closing out, just try to get in attack mode, and at the same time, try to find my teammates. It's kind of hard, hitting the shots I was hitting, to try and pass the ball, but you've got to figure out a way.” WayTryingKindMeanHardTeamFiguresShotsBallsHittingClosingTeammate Author:J. R. Smith
“Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.” PeopleThinkingMenTryingMeanStillsDreamThreeGoalLove IsGreaterTeamFootballRingsHeyBowlsCrackedQuarterbackSuper BowlPlaying Football Author:Tom Brady
“My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Whether it's going out and auditioning for the play or trying out for the basketball team, you have to explore your boundaries and see where you really want to go and the only way you can do that is to break out of your shell.” WayWantTryingPlayCan DoBreakTeamAdviceBasketballTestsBoundariesScareTeensShellsGoing OutBreak OutBasketball Team Author:Zac Efron
“I'm always fighting to make the team anyway. I'm always preparing like I'm one of the bottom guys, trying to make the team.” TryingGuyFightingTeamBottomPreparingAlways Fighting Author:Champ Bailey
“If you play football, theres going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.” IfsTryingI CanPlayHelpingCan DoFocusTeamFootballPercentRateBotherInjuryBothering You Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“It would be very easy to drool with sentimentality over the Ryder Cup. But, at the end of the day, it is simply two teams trying to knock seven bells out of each other, in the nicest possible way.” WayTryingTwoEndsWould BeEasyTeamSevenCupsThe End Of The DayBellsSentimentality Author:Peter Alliss
“I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.” TryingSportsLeaderTeamSoccerAlways TryingTake ControlPlaying Soccer Author:Gregg Sulkin
“I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.” TryingDoneBigsMightWinningPlayerTeamObjectsSatisfactionDefensePassingPassingsCompetingTeam Player Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams.” WantTryingMindGamesSidesTermInterestingTeamInvolvedBattleApproachInternationalCoachingNot InterestedCricketGet InvolvedShort TermKeep TryingIntriguingNew ZealandUphill Battles Author:Glenn Turner
“I'm feeling better after the game than I did when I came off the floor with cramps. ... I was going to try to give it a go, and 'Spo said 'No.' You know, after I came out of the game, they kind of took off. And it was frustrating sitting out and not being able to help the team.” KnowsGivingTryingKindSaidHelpingFeelingsAbleGamesTeamSittingFeel BetterChampionshipFrustratingNba ChampionshipsCrampsNba Finals Author:LeBron James
“A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.” TryingEmotionTeamWillingMembersAppreciateTeammateGood TeamThoughts And Emotions Author:Don Kardong
“There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure out how can they get around that and get a better reputation on Yelp.” PeopleTryingIdeasPlayGamesInterestingTeamFiguresCatCome UpReputationMiceProbingInteresting IdeasCat And Mouse Author:Jeremy Stoppelman
“With every action oriented or adventure film, there's going to be a moment when every actor becomes a stuntman and every stuntman becomes an actor. You try to do as much of it as you can, but inevitably the studio wants you to finish the movie. So you've got to slow down and you're really got to defer to your team to make sure you do.” WantTryingMomentsActionFilmActorsTeamAdventureDown AndStudiosSlow DownStuntman Author:Nicolas Cage
“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
“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
“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
“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
“One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.” GivingTryingTogetherPiecesTeamAdviceProjectsInterviewsWorking Together Author:Sam Altman