quotes about Teammate
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One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.
-- Alan Shearer -
... Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.
-- Alex Morgan -
How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!
-- Allen Iverson -
The whole point of team competition is to pick your teammates up,
-- Andy Roddick -
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If the selection process is right and its members GOOD, then there could be no reason why the collection of the teammates be not BETTER and bright who would work in the BEST interest of the organization, either individually or jointly, to bring sustainability in achieving newer growth height.
-- Anuj -
If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
-- Bo Jackson -
How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate
-- Brad Stevens -
You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not
-- Brad Stevens -
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Tim Tebow is a great guy, but he wasn't a good teammate.
-- Brady Quinn -
And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.
-- Brandi Chastain -
I want my teammates to know I have their backs.
-- Bryce Harper -
I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.
-- Cal Ripken, Jr. -
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I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.
-- Christie Rampone -
I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?
-- Curt Schilling -
The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.
-- Curt Schilling -
Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.
-- Curtis Joseph -
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As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.
-- Darren Flutie -
I was forced to ***** in front of teammates
-- David Beckham -
I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.
-- David Ortiz -
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I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
-- Derek Jeter -
I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.'
-- Diego Maradona -
If someone wears something you like, you make comments on it. And if someone wears something we don't like, we make comments on it, too. That's just what guys do, what teammates do. Besides that, we don't really compete in that space.
-- Dwyane Wade -
The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.
-- Dwyane Wade -
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Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate, LeBron James.
-- Dwyane Wade -
I just haven't really had a chance to allow to sink in. I'm sure there is going to come a time when reality is going to hit me and I'm going to know that it's going to be a while before I help my teammates, and that's going to be hard for me.
-- Gabe Kapler -
I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.
-- Grant Hill -
The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.
-- Holly Johnson -
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I'll miss all my teammates. I'll miss Elvis (Andrus) and (Adrian) Beltre, Mitch (Moreland), Matt Harrison and [manager Ron] Washington. To be honest with you, I hope they go 0-162. I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they lose their ass.
-- Ian Kinsler -
The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates
-- Jay BilasSource : Jay Bilas (2013). “Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court”, p.28, Penguin
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My teammates, they put me on their backs and they wouldn't let me down.
-- Jerome Bettis -
Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
-- Jerry Coleman -
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If I should get selected into the Hall of Fame, I'd be able to say 'thank you' to all the legends that are in the Hall of Fame. And also say thank you to my teammates, and also to all the fans. It's going to be like a dream come true.
-- Jerry Rice -
When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.
-- Jim Brown -
He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.
-- Jim Leyland -
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
-- Joe DiMaggio -
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What type of teammates do you want to play with? Be that teammate yourself
-- John Calipari -
I'm definitely looking to put together a full season. I know what I'm capable of doing. I want to be the kind of player my teammates can depend on.
-- Khalil Greene -
I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.
-- Kirk Gibson -
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 -
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Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.
-- Larry Bird -
If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.
-- Larry Bird -
I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates.
-- LeBron James -
I love the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I've just always cared more about that since I started playing.
-- LeBron James -
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When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
-- LeBron James -
I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything
-- LeBron James -
Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough.
-- LeBron James -
I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.
-- LeBron James -
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I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.
-- Lefty Gomez -
I'd not only be cheating myself, but I'd be cheating my teammates if I continued to make the money that I was making and wasn't producing or putting out to the level of payment that I was receiving. That's just me.
-- Marshall FaulkSource : The Seattle Times, September 08, 2005.
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You can't be happy, taking away something I've worked on all my life to do and help my teammates and help my defense, ... It's just part of me, playing the puck. So, definitely, you can't be happy.
-- Martin Brodeur -
I'm not someone who goes around the locker room before a game trying to motivate my teammates. I don't say a lot before the game. I don't say a lot in general. It takes too much energy to do that.
-- Mia Hamm -
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I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.
-- Mia Hamm -
You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.
-- Michael Jordan -
I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.
-- Michael Jordan -
I think we've bounced back and really been resilient. Even after a bad period, we take over and we seem like we're on a mission. That comes with leadership and experience and a lot of things. A lot of it is mental toughness and resiliency in the situation you're at, just trusting in your teammates.
-- Mike Fisher -
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Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
-- Mike Krzyzewski -
It was a great idea from my teammate Jamal Crawford. He kept telling me to jump over Spud, so we decided to call him and he was more than willing to participate with me. I just thank God for him.
-- Nate Robinson -
Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. Teammates are vulnerable with one another; they are confident that their respective vulnerabilities will not be used against them.
-- Patrick Lencioni -
I can't stand it when a player whines to me or his teammates or his wife or the writers or anyone else. A whiner is almost always wrong. A winner never whines.
-- Paul Brown -
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I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.
-- Philip Rivers -
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 -
The sign of a great player is not how much he scores, but how much he lifts his teammates performance
-- Red Holzman -
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
-- Richard M. Nixon -
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I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.
-- Ricky Williams -
Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.
-- Robert Griffin III -
I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.
-- Robin Yount -
I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.
-- Shawn Johnson -
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I've learned to be patient. When I was younger I rushed things a lot. I tried to attack the game. Now I get teammates more involved before I try to take over.
-- Steve McNair -
I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly
-- Steve Nash -
I simply want to be remembered as a great competitor and a great teammate.
-- Steve Nash -
You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
-- Sue Wicks -
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With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.
-- Tahir Shah -
My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.
-- Tom Brady -
Spring training is for getting to know your teammates and forming a chemistry. I dont like it.
-- Torii Hunter -
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I really enjoyed working with New Zealanders as crew members, as teammates. They're great, and it's a beautiful country. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I've traveled quite a bit.
-- Viggo Mortensen -
I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome
-- Walt Frazier -
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
-- Willie Stargell -
It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
-- Wilt Chamberlain -
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I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.
-- Wilt Chamberlain -
You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.
-- Yogi Berra -
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 HarrisSource : "Q&A with Ashlyn Harris, Washington Freedom's Newest Goalkeeper". Interview with Kat Galsim, bleacherreport.com. June 9, 2010.
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Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.
-- Chris CopelandSource : Source: bleacherreport.com
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One of the things that I always admired about Michael Jordan was that he considered his teammates to be his coaches, claiming they would always teach him something that he didn't know - and we're talking about the best of the best.
-- Cody Johnson -
Sports also teaches you that it's about the team, and the better your teammates are, the better they make you.
-- Gina Prince-BythewoodSource : Source: www.mtv.com
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I'm expecting a lot from myself, I have set the bar high and I want to do really well for my teammates. I love working out and preparing so I have spent a lot of time doing that.
-- Giovani BernardSource : Source: www.askmen.com
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I've seen a lot of highlights of Steve Kerr knocking down the big shots ... when a legend, Michael Jordan, trusted his teammate and passed it to him. He might have played two minutes, but he was ready to knock down the big shot.
-- John WallSource : Source: www.truthaboutit.net
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I want my teammates to understand that when No. 5 says something to you, that means it's very important because he doesn't talk a lot. If I'm saying something to you, it's going to help you.
-- Manti Te'o -
I don't miss playing for the Yankees. I miss my friends, my teammates.
-- Rafael Soriano -
You don't inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them by showing them how amazing they are.
-- Robyn Benincasa -
When you have teammates just as talented as you, it's kind of weird to get all the attention.
-- Sue Bird -
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Your teammates see you through the good and the bad. They see where your foundation lies.
-- Tobin Heath -
Whenever you're working towards something greater than yourself, it's almost a selflessness that the Lord delights in when you're serving your teammate or your friend or your sister in Christ.
-- Tobin Heath -
I was a huge fan of Lance Armstrong. The only way that they caught him using doping was through a criminal investigation where they got all of his teammates who did the exact same thing that he did and got away with it to rat him out in exchange for their own immunity. The byproduct of that was that he had passed 500 anti-doping controls clean. So I'm going, "Wait, wait, wait. It's not, 'What's wrong with Lance Armstrong?' What's wrong with this system that was thoroughly ineffective to catch someone cheating for the last 15 years?"
-- Bryan Fogel -
My family and friends and teammates, just having their support has been unbelievable.
-- Ben Roethlisberger -
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I just need to get more aggressive and let my teammates feel all that energy and all that emotion.
-- Pau Gasol -
Anytime I'm on the field and my teammates are on the field with me, I just want them to have fun.
-- Chris Johnson -
You have to gain respect from your teammates. You have to earn it.
-- Daunte Culpepper -
I try to get control of the tempo, control of the flow, and get my teammates the ball in the best position to score.
-- Deron Williams -