Team Player Quotes - Page 3

• In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.

  Angela Merkel

  Christian, Football, Team

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Effort, Decision

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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• Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.

  Alfie Kohn

  Team, Simple, Player

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• Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Team, Player, Boston

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 9, 2013.

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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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• I do preach the idea of individualism as in not adapting any kind of style or model other than that one of your own. I always found it strange in art history when studying about the different guilds and movements. It sounded too contrived and having to follow devised parameters to create art. I personally am not a team player in that manner. The art should be labeled by the artist's name only.

  Adamo Macri

  Art, Team, Player

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• Lionel Messi is very much the team player, while Cristiano is very ego-driven.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Team, Player, Ego

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• Bernie [Sanders], the team player, he made it known from the very start that he would be supporting the Democratic nominee, presumably Hillary Clinton, and what we learned in the course of Bernie's campaign is that you cannot have a revolutionary campaign in a counter-revolutionary party.

  Jill Stein

  Team, Party, Player

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• I consider myself very much a team player.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Team, Player

  "Sigourney Weaver: No Damsel In Distress". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.

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• One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

  Casey Stengel

  Motivational, Teamwork, Baseball

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• I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no "I" in team.' What you should tell them is, 'Maybe not. But there is an "I" in independence, individuality and integrity.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.

  George Carlin

  Team, Circles, Names

  George Carlin (2004). “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, Hyperion

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• I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.

  Jeff Bridges

  Team, Player, Ideas

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• I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

  Adam Arkin

  Team, Player, Firefighter

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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• If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Success, Teamwork, Sports

  Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.13, Sports Illustrated

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• Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Teamwork, Player

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• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

  Jane Pauley

  Team, Ambition, Winning

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• I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

  Tom Petty

  Team, Player, Hands

  Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 15, 2010.

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• She’s not much of a team player, more of a team yeller.

  Kim Harrison

  Team, Player

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• We’re not dead yet.” – Sundown “Yet is the operative word. If that’s all that’s in the way, I’ll kill you and end it. Ren? Give me your knife.” – Sasha “It’s their decision.” – Ren “Oh, that’s it. You’re fired buddy. Get off my island until you learn to be a team player.” – Sasha

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Team, Player, Islands

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