Teams Quotes Page 2

Producing major change in an organization is not just about signing up one charismatic leader. You need a group - a team - to be able to drive the change. One person, even a terrific charismatic leader, is never strong enough to make all this happen.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. At the end they will choose side with the team that is winning.

What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions.

Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policy. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with the new situation. Change is external, transition is internal

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late.

It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity.

Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing.

Christian life isn’t a one-person race.

It’s a relay. You are not alone; you’re part of a team assembled by our unstoppable God to achieve his eternal purposes.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts.

It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

In death as in life, we stand together, always a family, always a team. The brotherhood never dies.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together.

You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members.

My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids.

I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.

We are all going to fall short. We are going to have some bitter losses, very painful defeats and failures. We have to use those to come back even stronger. That's what makes it sweeter, when we can overcome those and figure out a way to win. The great teams can do that, and those are the gold medal winning teams.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

People often think that there's a general who makes all the difference, but I would reject that. It's a team effort. It's the power of the wedge.

When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong.

Goals aren't enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn't much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.