Inspirational Teamwork Quotes - Page 2

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

James Cash Penney

Inspirational, Teamwork, Men

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No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sports, Teamwork, Individuality

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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

Dean Smith

Teamwork, Sports, Play

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The era of the rugged individual is giving way to the era of the team player.

Bruce Coslet

Teamwork, Player, Giving

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Light is the task where many share the toil.

Homer

Teamwork, Light, Team Building

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Action will
delineate and
define you.

Thomas Jefferson

Motivational, Knowing Who You Are, Inspirational Team

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Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Thomas Jefferson

Motivational, Crush, Morning

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Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.

Clay Buchholz

Teamwork, Team Building, Team Work

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The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Knute Rockne

Motivational, Teamwork, Play

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A demanding performance challenge tends to create a team.

John Katzenbach

Teamwork, Challenges, Team Building

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Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

Douglas McGregor

Teamwork, Educational, Decision

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People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Vince Lombardi

Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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Teams do not seek consensus; they seek the best answer.

Jon Katzenbach

Teamwork, Collaboration, Answers

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What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.

Jon Katzenbach

Teamwork, Educational, Commitment

Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith (2016). “High-Performance Teams: The Katzenbach-Smith Collection (2 Books)”, p.154, Harvard Business Review Press

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Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and that tend to increase the strong sense of pride found in superior work teams. When people do something of obvious worth, they feel a strong sense of personal worth.

Dennis F. Kinlaw

Teamwork, Strong, Educational

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Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.

Max De Pree

Teamwork, Real, Team Building

Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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A successful team beats with one heart.

Sarah-Jane Redmond

Success, Teamwork, Sports

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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

Paul McCartney

Teamwork, Real, Optimistic

"John Rutter: The Art Of The Christmas Carol". Interview with Andrea Seabrook, www.npr.org. December 20, 2008.

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Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. - Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Jason Kidd

Teamwork, Years, Play

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It takes two flints to make a fire.

Louisa May Alcott

Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1029, e-artnow

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

Mark Twain

Teamwork, Achievement, Team Building

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Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.

Stephen Covey

Teamwork, Emotional, Differences

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The path to greatness is along with others.

Baltasar Gracian

Teamwork, Greatness, Team Building

Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.61, Shambhala Publications

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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Joe Paterno

Teamwork, Confidence, Reality

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