Team Quotes

“Teamwork makes the dream work”
― Bang Gae

“A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world... the language of the rocks and growing things... the language you don't hear just with your ears... the Mystery of Life... not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience...

Understanding must move with the flow of the process.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Don't listen to a man who says we have to work together as a team. He means we have to work as he says.”
― C.J. Langenhoven

“United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.”
― Aesop, Aesop’s Fables

“As you can see marriage is about putting away selfishness and taking on the concept of teamwork.”
― Jim George, A Man After God's Own Heart: Devoting Your Life to What Really Matters

“I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn't show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren't going to be able to do anything else.”
― Bo Schembechler, Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership

“We came together as a team, but we´re leaving as brothers.”
― spt

“Because," he said in an even voice, "you're used to winning, so you don't even think about how, every time there's a game, both sides get that 'rah, rah, team' speech from their coaches both sides hear 'you're the best!' 'You've got to win!' 'You're the greatest!' But half of the people playing that game are going to walk away losers. Half!”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Game Changer

“You don't treat the so-called little people poorly, because we don't have any little people here! The trainers, the managers, the secretaries, the people who work in the dorms and cafeterias and classroom buildings are all professionals, and they're all important or they wouldn't be working for Michigan football.”
― Bo Schembechler

“Few teams sometimes fails miserably because team members wish to work in the team but they want to be recognized individualy.”
― Amit Kalantri

“With teamwork, any little contribution you make yields greater output when it meets the contribution of others, and guess who gets the plus? Everyone in the team!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.”
― Mike Schmoker, Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement

“A leader must inspire or his team will expire.”
― Orrin Woodward, LIFE

“Who you looking for
What is his name
you can prob'ly find him
at the football game
it's a small town
you know what I mean
it's a small town, son
and we all support the team”
― James McMurtry

“You need a team for war, not for negotiation.”
― Amit Kalantri

“As managers rise up the hierarchy, a host of situational forces come to bear on them which can easily undermine their respect for the people on the front lines, and hence cause them to disregard the value in front-line ideas.”
― Dean M. Schroeder, The Idea-Driven Organization: Unlocking the Power in Bottom-Up Ideas

“Whose team are you on?” I ask him.  

“I don’t follow you – what do you mean whose team am I on?” he asks.  

“I mean, you want your son back and there are forces in this world that want to take him from you.

There is a battle going on.

Sides have been taken, John’s team is his family and the other team is everything that you don’t want for your son.

Walking away is the exact thing that the other side wants.

Instead of walking away, you need to fight.”  

I add: “Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be and he will become what he should be.”
― John A. Passaro, 6 Minutes Wrestling With Life