Team Quotes - Page 17

• We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

  Saku Koivu

  Swings, Two, Giving

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• There are literally thousands of sites. As I was told in Iraq, information is coming in the entire time, but it is only now that the Iraq survey group has been put together that a dedicated team of people, which includes former UN inspectors, scientists and experts, will be able to go in and do the job properly.

  Tony Blair

  Jobs, Iraq, People

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• To start with, there's the alien accent. "Tree" is the number between two and four. "Jeintz" is the name of the New York professional football team. A "fit" is a bottle measuring seven ounces less than a quart. This exotic tongue has no relationship to any of the approved languages at the United Nations, and is only slightly less difficult to master than Urdu.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Football, New York, Names

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• If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.

  Russell Malone

  Funny, Inspiring, Player

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• So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.

  Kenneth Branagh

  Play, Magic, Would Be

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• As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.

  Dan Marino

  Sports, Fun, Attitude

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• Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.

  Laurent Jalabert

  Climbing, Hiking, Leader

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• People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

  Michael Wilbon

  Sports, People, Sports Team

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• When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare.

  Oren Lyons

  Sports, Football, League

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• Bill Gates has 90 billion dollars ... If I had 90 billion dollars, I wouldn't have it for long because I would just dream of all the crazy stuff I could do with it. This guy, 90 billion dollars. He could buy every baseball team and make them all wear dresses and still have 88 billion dollars.

  Louis C. K.

  Baseball, Dream, Crazy

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• The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players.

  Roger Milla

  Player, Egypt, Order

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• I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not on a professional football team looking to tackle a fullback who is built like solid wood. I'm a thinking person, and I've been blessed with the ability to see some things and talk about them in a way that registers in a humorous and funny way.

  Bill Cosby

  Thanksgiving, Football, Blessed

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• After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only one more season. I have been wrestling with the timing of announcing that decision. After seeing the outstanding attitude and work ethic of this team, I came to the conclusion that it's best to get the announcement out of the way now so we can focus on the season and avoid the repeated distractions that come from questions about my retirement.

  LaVell Edwards

  Retirement, Attitude, Work

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• I wanna make uniforms for my high school basketball team through brand Yeezy.

  Kanye West

  Basketball, School, Uniforms

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• Today's president, CEO or managing director needs to be a disruptive influence with imagination, vision, and courage to lead the organization into new and dangerous territory. The leader must be an entrepreneurial driver who can inspire the team to boldly venture into uncharted lands.

  Paul Sloane

  Leadership, Organization, Land

  Paul Sloane (2006). “The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity & Innovation in You and Your Team”, p.11, Kogan Page Publishers

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• It takes a team to do anything of lasting value

  John C. Maxwell

  Lasting, Values

  John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.

  Peter Senge

  People, Standing Out, Periods

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• If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback.

  Peyton Manning

  Sports, Winning, Play

  "Outtakes: Peyton Manning". Interview with Dan Patrick, www.espn.com. December 06, 2001.

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• If you want to become a super club you have to be ready to play against super clubs. In the past couple of years, we've seen a mentality that has emerged that our players aren't on the field to get autographs. It's an opportunity to prove what we've been shouting from the rooftops for a long time, that we've been producing quality players and we can play with the best teams in the world.

  Alexi Lalas

  Couple, Past, Opportunity

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• Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

  Phil Jackson

  Winning, Player, Coaching

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• As the workplace becomes more specialized, from offices to medical centers to factories, teams of people must accomplish their work by collaborating with each other. In my work in filmmaking, we need talented individuals with technical skills, but their abilities to communicate and work with others are just as valuable.

  George Lucas

  Skills, People, Office

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• Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.

  Gloria Whelan

  Bird, Balls, Looks

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• Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

  Joe Torre

  Ice Cream, Hot, Fudge

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• When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

  Roy Campanella

  Sports, Volleyball, Player

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• An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Done

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