Team quotes

Team

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Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates Rapper, singer, songwriter

"I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me."

Pele
Pele Professional Footballer

"A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders."

Pele
Pele Professional Footballer

"Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths."

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George Lincoln Rockwell Political Activist
Team

"Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. At the end they will choose side with the team that is winning."

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
Team

"The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team."

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Allen Iverson Basketball Player
Team

"If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win."

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved."

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Pele Professional Footballer
Team

"It was with a homosexual, I was barely 14 years old. But let's be fair, I wasn't the only one who did it. He was a man in Bauru that all our team visited."

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Pete Carroll Football Coach
Team

"It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach."

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DJ Khaled Music Producer
Team

"Each team always has that one power player, even Carmelo. Those are the guys who would represent the logo."

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Rainn Wilson Actor
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"There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go."

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Russell Wilson American Football Player
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"I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly placed me in the right spot at the right time."

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Hayao Miyazaki Animator, Director
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"I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work."

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Russell Wilson American Football Player
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"I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl? So in speaking to our football team earlier in the year, I said, 'Why not us? Why can't we be there?'"

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Dizzy Dean Baseball Player
Team

"If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time."

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Bart Starr Football Player
Team

"Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage."

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Tom Hicks Businessman
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"What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
Team

"George: "I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
Team

"You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains."

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LeBron James Professional Basketball Player
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"I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability."

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Kobe Bryant Professional Basketball Player
Team

"I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi."

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