Teamw Quotes

• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.217, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork, however, can prevent effective final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member of a team and the organization.

  Robert Bales

  Teamwork, Jobs, Organization

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• Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Teamwork, Practice, Skills

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.50, ASCD

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• 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.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Teamwork, Mean, Learning

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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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• Two heads are better than one.

  Unknown

  Teamwork, Educational, Kissing

  John Heywood, Rudolph E. Habenicht (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs: Edited, with Introd., Commentary, and Indexes. by Rudolph E. Habenicht”

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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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• The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Business, Inspirational Football

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.60, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The key elements in the art of working together are how to deal with change, how to deal with conflict, and how to reach our potential...the needs of the team are best met when we meet the needs of individual persons.

  Max De Pree

  Teamwork, Art, Keys

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• Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork.

  William Schutz

  Teamwork, Team Building, Team Work

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• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
  People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
  Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Football, Commitment

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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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• Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Educational, Views

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• If you don't kick things around with people, you are out of it. Nobody, I always say, can be anybody without somebody being around.

  John P. Wheeler III

  Teamwork, People, Team Building

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

  Dean Smith

  Teamwork, Sports, Play

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• Overcoming barriers to performance is how groups become teams.

  John Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Educational, Team Building

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• Light is the task where many share the toil.

  Homer

  Teamwork, Light, Team Building

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• A list is only as strong as its weakest link.

  Donald Knuth

  Teamwork, Strong, Team Building

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• Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Leadership, Teamwork, Mistake

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

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• People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

  Allan Fromme

  Teamwork, Hockey, People

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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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• Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.

  Clay Buchholz

  Teamwork, Team Building, Team Work

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• Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, People, Effort

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.57, Mango Media Inc.

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• A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

  Lee Iacocca

  Teamwork, People, Team Building

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.61, Bantam

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