Barack Obama Quotes About Team

• I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as routine or abstract, even if the targets are bad people.

  Barack Obama

  Team, People, Defense

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Men, Iraq

  Speech Opposing the War in Iraq at Federal Plaza, delivered 2 October 2002, Chicago, Illinois

• If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Lakers, Uniforms

  "Going the Distance" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. January 27, 2014.

• I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs. My team evaluated them. We scrubbed them thoroughly. We actually expanded some of the oversight, increased some of the safeguards. But my assessment, and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. In the abstract, you can complain about 'Big Brother' and how this is a potential program run amok. But when you actually look at the details, then, I think we've struck the right balance.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Brother, Team

  Obama's Remarks on Health Care and Surveillance, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2013.

• Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th President of the United States. And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. And those who didn't vote for him have to recognize that that's how democracy works. That's how this system operates.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Thinking, Democracy

  Source: time.com

• You have to have a strong team around you [being a president].

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Team, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• There's some bittersweet feelings about leaving the people here [in the White House]. 'Cause even though all the team you assemble, you know, you're going to stay in touch with 'em, it's not the same, you know? The band kind of breaks up.

  Barack Obama

  Team, White, People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start. I would argue that I am the best president I've ever been over the last year or two. My team is more effective than it's ever been.But what is also true is that number one, this is grueling.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Believe, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?

  Barack Obama

  Basketball, Girl, Team

  "As if nothing had changed in our nation since last February, an Army general, a colour guard and military jets introduce the Superbowl" by Daniel Nasaw, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2009.

• I think I'm the best president I've ever been right now. And I think the team that is operating right now functions as well as any team that I've had. And so, you know, there is a part of you that thinks, "Man, we're pretty good at this stuff right now." And you hate to see that talent disperse.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Hate, Men

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.

  Barack Obama

  Disappointment, Team, Election

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Growth, Financial

  "President Barack Obama Conversation with Mark Zuckerberg and Entrepreneurs at GES". al.usembassy.gov. June 25, 2016.

• I, more than anything, obviously the presidency is the people, and it's been interesting the emotions in the last few months. What you realize is that you may never have the team that is together in the same way, under the same pressures, and the attachments that you make to folks from your chief of staff down to.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Attachment, Interesting

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Team, Race

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.

  Barack Obama

  Husband, Team, White

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th president of the United States. And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. It takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. Hopefully, it`s a reminder that elections matter. I think it`s important for us to let him make his decisions, and I think the American people will judge over the course of the next couple of years whether they like what they see.

  Barack Obama

  Couple, Team, Thinking

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Everyone on my team should be extraordinarily proud of what they have done.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Done, Proud

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• There are gonna be elections coming up among our NATO allies that we have to pay attention to. I anticipate that this kind of thing can happen again here. And so in addition to the report assessing what exactly happened, what we have also done is to make sure that the Department of Homeland Security and our intelligence teams are working with the various folks who run our elections.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Team, Attention

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• My job is exhilarating. It's challenging. I find that the governance part of it, the decision making part of it - actually comes - comes pretty naturally. I think I've got a great team. I think we're making good decisions. The the hardest thing about the job is staying focused. Because there's so many demands and decisions that are pressed upon you.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Thinking, Decision

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what we have to see is how will the President-elect operate, and how will his team operate, when they've been fully briefed on all these issues, they have their hands on all the levers of government, and they've got to start making decisions.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on our team.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Election, Putin

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• When your team loses, everybody gets deflated. And it's hard, and it's challenging.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Challenges, Hard

  "Report: Obama Holds First News Conference Since Election". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. November 14, 2016.

• You [as a president] have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process to make good decisions because you are inherently reliant on other folks.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Team, Decision

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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