Teammate Quotes - Page 5

• I put that on myself with not telling the Knicks. It was just bad timing but I'm not perfect, far from it. The front office and my teammates, they knew where I was coming from when I told them what happened.

  Derrick Rose

  Perfect, Office, Timing

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I explained to my teammates I didn't want any distractions to the team.

  Derrick Rose

  Team, Want, Distraction

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• It's rewarding riding into the sunset. What better way to go? My teammates carried me off the field - it doesn't get any better than that. Now it's time to be a dad. To be as successful at that as I was at baseball would be nice.

  David Ross

  Baseball, Dad, Nice

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Being down 3-1 [in the Finals] was the worst feeling I've ever experienced in my life. I didn't want to talk to my teammates, I didn't want to talk to my wife, I didn't want to talk to my kids. And to come back from that is a lesson that you can come back from anything.

  J. R. Smith

  Kids, Wife, Feelings

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I know who I am and what kind of teammate I've always been.

  Dwight Howard

  Who I Am, Kind, Knows

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent.

  Michael Redd

  Winning, Night, Next

  Interview with Victor Kelly, uk.ign.com. November 20, 2006.

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• I have always been a very passionate player and person. I often wear my emotions on my sleeve, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. I hope that my teammates always respect that of me, as I trust they know my commitment to winning.?

  A. J. Burnett

  Commitment, Winning, Player

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• This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?

  Gilbert Arenas

  Sports, Crazy, College

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• Every team I'm on, I expect to win. I expect to push my teammates as much as I can, and I expect them to do the same with me.

  Ashlyn Harris

  Team, Winning, I Can

  "Q&A with Ashlyn Harris, Washington Freedom's Newest Goalkeeper". Interview with Kat Galsim, bleacherreport.com. June 9, 2010.

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• A lot of people think that you have to specialize in one sport from an early age in order to turn pro. Most of my teammates played a lot of different sports when we were kids. I liked to golf, water ski and play baseball. That helped me develop other aspects of my game and made me WANT to be on the ice even more once hockey season started.

  Pat LaFontaine

  Sports, Baseball, Kids

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.

  Dean Smith

  Basketball, Team, School

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• I'm extremely blessed with my teammates. They're such an encouragement in my life. I have people praying for me and I'm praying for them as well.

  Tobin Heath

  Encouragement, Blessed, People

  Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.

  Jason Kidd

  Growing Up, Idols, Magic

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• I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

  Shabazz Muhammad

  Stars, Selfish, Team

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• The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story.

  Carson Palmer

  Golf, Relax, Balls

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. July 27, 2005.

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• I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.

  Red Auerbach

  Player, Personality, Want

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• When I was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.

  Larry Bird

  Hard Work, Player, Get Better

  "A Bird on the Bench is Worth 12,252 In Roberts Stadium Seats". The Evansville Courier, October 18, 1997.

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• My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.

  Jason Babin

  Team, Effort, Degrees

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• In Lake Placid we have Bible studies and it's awesome to be able to share your struggles as an athlete and as a Christian with others Christian athletes. That's one of the coolest things about sports ministry. We can share these common experiences with other Christians. Having Lolo as a teammate, for example, has been great.

  Elana Meyers

  Sports, Christian, Struggle

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I've got some other great teammates like Dallas Robinson and Johnny Quinn on the men's side who have been tremendous at showing Christ's love. It's not just the US teams, but there are also many believers from the international community including several from the Canadian team. We hope to grow Christianity throughout our sport.

  Elana Meyers

  Sports, Team, Men

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I was having a conversation with one of my teammates and she asked me, "Aren't you so glad it's over? We don't have to compete anymore." I thought that was a strange comment but in that moment I realized that I was doing it for the right reasons. I wasn't looking at the Olympics to define me. I wasn't to arrive somewhere by performing well in a contest.

  Kelly Clark

  Olympics, Strange, Moments

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far.

  Paul Pierce

  Talking, Nba, Games

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• My reward is just to be a better man. You're so close to losing a loved one ... the ultimate goal is to be a better daddy, a better son, a better teammate.

  Jermaine O'Neal

  Losing A Loved One, Son, Men

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• When you come to a new team, new world, new people, you feel a little bit uncomfortable. But my teammates, they are tremendous guys.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Team, People, Guy

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• I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. My teammates get more upset about the criticism and booing than I do.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Sorry, People, Upset

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