Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fernando Torres

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Helen Keller

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Grace Gummer

I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.

Gianluigi Buffon

The men can go away, the executives can go away, but what is really though in this society are the players who has been handed down the feel of winning, of being the absolute best, which isn't equal to any other team.

Gianfranco Zola

As a Chelsea fan I always want the team to be in the best possible hands, as they are right now with Roberto Di Matteo.

Harold Nicolson

Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.

Jalen Rose

Even bad teams have optimism. You don't want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't even tell (his team) that.

Iwan Rheon

I wasn’t, you know, Mr Popular. I was somewhere in the middle ground. I was quite alternative, the things I liked to do. Skateboarding, at the time. Playing in a band as opposed to playing in the rugby team. You know, that kind of thing.

Irene Rosenfeld

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Jim Edmonds

When I retire and I'm back at home with me kids, they're not going to care that I smiled too much on the field. They're not going to care what kind of team player I was.

Jerry Jones

But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.

Jerry Jones

With the initial focus groups and the initial look-sees, the Rams are a very popular team in Southern California. And so one of the reasons that it was attractive to us to work against them is because they have that good flavor.

Jerry Jones

If people have the ability to see it, and you spend the money to put the wow factor into it, they will reward that entity or that team or that business, and they will then say they appreciate me, they appreciate what I'm about, and they will support it.

Jerry Jones

Nobody is thinking they're going to come out here and put a team here and become a multimillionaire. I don't know anybody that comes into the NFL like that

Jeremy Lin

I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.

Jeremy Lin

Every day in practice I have to lead by example. But at the same time, when people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, you're responsible as a player. You can't rely on the coaches to say everything. The players have to be responsible and take ownership of the team. Every day in practice there are situations where you need to say something and get a message across, but do it in the right way.

Jennifer Garner

I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much.

Jennifer Granholm

Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach.

Jeff Bezos

We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork.

Jeff Bezos

What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.

Jeff Bezos

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.

Jeff Bridges

As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content.

Jeff Bridges

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

Jeff Bridges

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.

Georges Bernanos

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Jeffrey Archer

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

Jim Harbaugh

All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team.

Jim Harbaugh

People often think that there's a general who makes all the difference, but I would reject that. It's a team effort. It's the power of the wedge.

Jim Harbaugh

I love people, I really do. I'm a people person. I think that's a strength of mine. I love being around people, especially in a team setting.

Jim Harbaugh

I have always believed that you win as part of a team effort. I've learned that if everybody does a little bit, it adds up to a lot.

Jim Harbaugh

I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving those goals as a team and being a part of that team.

Jerry Smith

To play with ten players for over half of the match is never going to be easy against anybody, particularly on their home field. But I thought the team adjusted fairly well and at times we looked really good with only ten players. Still, it's a win, and it's a win for the Rivalry Series and I'm happy about that.