Teamwork Quotes

"Togetherness, for me, means teamwork."

- Walt Disney

"If anything goes bad, I did it. Anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you."

- Paul “Bear” Bryan

"No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here, and we don't care who you are."

- Gregg Popovich

"Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team."

- Red Auerbach

"I tell our guys everyday, every person on the roster can help us win a game by making just one play."

- Steve Kerr

"Practice shared suffering. If one guy messes up, everyone runs. If one guy does well, everyone benefits."

- Don Meyer

"The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them, and you really want them to be successful."

- Kobe Bryant

"Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute."

- Bill Russell

"Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for them."

- Magic Johnson

"Teamwork is the lynchpin in our long-term success."

- Ned Lautenbach

"I was 0-11 as a [rookie] starter, but we didn’t throw in the towel. We all pulled together to do whatever was necessary to succeed."

- Troy Aikman

"Losers assemble in little groups and complain… but winners assemble as a team."

- Bill Parcells

"Success is dependent upon each other as well as commitment and character."

- Bill Parcells

"The old rules of what makes a great team still apply, whether you’re a remote team or not. You can’t build a culture if you don’t have trust, accountability, and mutual respect. The best way to kill a culture is to stop trusting people and stop giving people the respect and the responsibilities they most likely want in their jobs."

- Tracey Halvorsen

"Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go."

- Hazel Scott

"What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination."

- Jeffrey Katzenberg

"Individuals shape into a team when they learn first about one another as human beings and then grow from that understanding into a sense of who they can become together. In the start-up, plan activities that allow team members to relate to one another on a human level wherein they discover each other’s skills, talents, and anything else they bring that will help achieve the goals of the work ahead. This sets the stage for self-organization and cross-functional behavior."

- Lyssa Adkins

"If you have never led or worked as part of high performing teams, you have missed one of the best experiences of your professional career."

- Fred Wilson

"What you’re building never matters as much as who you’re building it with."

- Tony Fadell

"You can take a team of absolute all-stars in terms of their native abilities, but if they are not working together, they are much less effective than a team where there is less native ability but a higher degree of teamwork and cohesion."

- Stewart Butterfield

"Not finance, not a strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and rare."

- Patrick Lencioni

"Strong and cohesive teams thrive when leaders highlight how much they all have in common, not how much he or she stands above from the crowd."

- Moira Alexander

"I have been amazed to see what happens when teams are only ‘sort of clear’ about what they are trying to achieve rather than ‘really clear.'"

- Greg McKeown

"When a team is in conflict and is not making progress, try declaring one minute’s silence. This is a very challenging and powerful technique. The reflection that the individuals engage in during this minute is undistracted and seems to bring them face-to-face with their integrity. At the end of the silence, someone will usually take the risk and say what needs to be said, thus unblocking the team."

- Myles Downey

"To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, ‘Your end of the boat is sinking.'"

- Hugh Downs

"A team has to demand greatness from itself."

- Jeff Sutherland

"Teams are successful when they are focused, have a short cycle time, and are supported by the executives."

- Tom J. Bouchard

"On the court, we're a team. Off the court, we're family."

- Unknown

"A true teammate celebrates your successes as much as their own."

- Unknown

"The greatest plays are born from the trust and understanding between teammates."

- Unknown