Teamwork Quotes - Page 24

• We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

  Bill Joy

  Trying, Want

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• If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive.

  Clint Eastwood

  Responsibility, Thinking, Sticks

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• If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.

  Tim McGraw

  Friendship, Bridges, Bottom

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• The only way you can make a deal is if you're ready to blow it.

  Robert Evans

  Blow, Way, Deals

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• The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Jobs

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• People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

  Thomas Sowell

  Leadership, Live Life, People

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.

  Seth Godin

  Breathing, Stories, World

  Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.202, Penguin

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• If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

  John Ortberg

  Water, Want, Boat

  John Ortberg (2013). “The Life You've Always Wanted Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.122, Harper Collins

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• Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.

  Clay Buchholz

  Team Building, Team Work, Inspirational Team

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• A list is only as strong as its weakest link.

  Donald Knuth

  Strong, Team Building, Team Work

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• 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

  People, Looks, Want

  "Jeff Bezos: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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

  Jeff Bezos

  Clever, Grandfather, Be Kind

  "Jeff Bezos: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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• No team works out teamwork.

  Dwyane Wade

  Basketball, Work Out, Team Work

  "Dwyane Wade talks Madness, streak, sons" by Lynn Hoppes, www.espn.com. March 17, 2013.

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• A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

  Robert Reich

  Leadership, Business, Long

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• The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.

  Bill Walton

  Believe, Grateful, Passion

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• If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.

  Mario Andretti

  Thinking, Enough, Ifs

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• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

  John Madden

  Soccer, Gratitude, Champion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

  John Madden

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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• The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

  Benjamin Spock

  May, Quiet, Rebellion

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• People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.

  Jack Welch

  People, Norm, Coaches

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• There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

  Herbie Hancock

  Music, Practice, Spontaneity

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• Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

  Bill T. Jones

  Art, Thinking, People

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• You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.

  Emma Stone

  Sports, Strong, Kids

  "Emma Stone profile: Quotes, photos, videos and selected filmography of BAFTA and Oscar nominee" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. February 04, 2015.

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• Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’

  Phil Jackson

  Attitude, Player, Thinking

  "Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant" by Mike Bresnahan, articles.latimes.com. May 16, 2013.

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• The hammers must be swung in cadence, when more than one is hammering the iron.

  Giordano Bruno

  Iron, Hammers, Cadence

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