The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.
—Bo Schembechler (1929–2006) American Sportsperson
Avoid witicisms at the expense of others.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More.
—Unknown
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
—Pat Riley (b.1945) American Basketball Player, Coach
When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.
—Unknown
What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.
—D. Wayne Calloway (1935–98) American Business Executive
I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
—Tom Landry (1924–2000) American Football Coach, Player
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
The Wrong Person in the Wrong Place = Regression. The Wrong Person in the Right Place = Frustration. The Right Person in the Wrong Place = Confusion. The Right Person in the Right Place = Progression. The Right People in the Right Places = Multiplication.
—John C. Maxwell (b.1947) American Author, Speaker, Pastor
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player’s personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.
—Pat Riley (b.1945) American Basketball Player, Coach
A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member’s talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
—David Ogilvy (1911–99) British-American Advertising Executive
Members of groups that do not meet regularly together usually do not feel a strong sense of belonging and do not take ownership for the success of the group.
—Unknown
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
In union, there is strength.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
—African Proverb
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.
—Pat Riley (b.1945) American Basketball Player, Coach
If you can laugh together, you can work together.
—Robert Orben (1927–2023) American Humorist, Speechwriter
If we are truly prudent we shall cherish those noblest and happiest of our tendencies—to love and to confide.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
—Denis Waitley (1933–2025) American Speaker, Consultant, Self-help Pioneer
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
—Akio Morita (1921–99) Japanese Entrepreneur
Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.
—Pat Riley (b.1945) American Basketball Player, Coach
How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?
—Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) French General, Statesman
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
—Michael Jordan (b.1963) American Sportsperson, Businessperson
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
—Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) (39–65 CE) Roman Poet
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