Importance Of Teamwork Quotes:

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Success, Leadership, Individual Performance, Marriage Advice

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Teamwork, Letting Go, Marching Forward, Joint Efforts

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

- Helen Keller

source: "Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy". Book by Joseph P. Lash, 1980.

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty, Joint Efforts, Inspirational Team

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Inspirational Football, Individual Performance

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Motivational, Success, Teamwork, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Teamwork

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

- Patrick Lencioni

topic: Teamwork, Knowing, Doe, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

- Casey Stengel

topic: Teamwork, Player, Together, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

The path to greatness is along with others.

- Baltasar Gracian

topic: Teamwork, Greatness, Path, Inspirational Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

- Michael Jordan

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Teamwork, Winning, Thinking, Individual Goals, Individual Performance

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Basketball, Teamwork, Leadership Teamwork, Team Building

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

- Andrew Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork, Individual Power, Individual Work

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Football Coach

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

- Joe Paterno

topic: Teamwork, Confidence, Reality, Individual Performance, Individual Work

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

- Babe Ruth

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

topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Baseball Games, Softball Player

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Teamwork, Money, Business, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.

- Bill Bradley

topic: Respect, Lying, Goal, Be Respectful, Motivational Teamwork

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

- Patrick Lencioni

source: Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.58, John Wiley & Sons

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Inspiring Team Building, Inspiring Teamwork

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

- Patrick Lencioni

source: Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

topic: Leadership, Teamwork, Mistake, Inspiring Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Football, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Football Coach

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

- John Wooden

topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

topic: Jobs, Ocean, People, Maritime, Innovative Leadership

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

- Isaac Newton

source: "Wilson vs Watson: The Blessing of Great Enemies". www.newscientist.com. September 10, 2009.

topic: Inspirational, Teamwork, Humility, Inspiring Team Building, Motivational Teamwork

If you can laugh together, you can work together.

- Robert Orben

source: Robert Orben (2000). “Speaker's Handbook of Humor”, Merriam Webster

topic: Teamwork, Inspiration, Laughing, Motivational Teamwork, Team Building

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

- Pat Riley

topic: Teamwork, Effort, Instinct, Drills, Unselfish

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

- Darryl F. Zanuck

topic: Teamwork, Time, Jobs, Inspiring Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable.

- Chris Bradford

source: Chris Bradford (2010). “The Way of the Dragon (Young Samurai, Book 3): The Way of the Dragon”, p.194, Penguin UK

topic: Teamwork, Strong, Together, Inspiring Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you're the CEO.

- Max McKeown

topic: Teamwork, Sports, Strategy, Inspiring Team Building, Leadership Teamwork

Teamwork is neither "good" nor "desirable." It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a team. Which team to use for what purpose is a crucial, difficult and risky decision that is even harder to unmake. Managements have yet to learn how to make it.

- Peter Drucker

source: Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing in a Time of Great Change”, p.90, Routledge

topic: Teamwork, Play, People, Motivational Teamwork, Playing Together

A leader must inspire or his team will expire.

- Orrin Woodward

topic: Teamwork, Team, Leader, Team Member, Team Success

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

- Pat Riley

source: Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

topic: Teamwork, Careers, Way, Inspirational Coach, Sports Coach

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

- Mark Twain

topic: Teamwork, Together, Bonus, Inspirational Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing

- Bo Schembechler

topic: Teamwork, Believe, Winning, Inspiring Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

Good teams incorporate teamwork into their culture, creating the building blocks for success.

- Ted Sundquist

source: Ted Sundquist, Justin Spizman (2013). “Taking Your Team to the Top: How to Build and Manage Great Teams Like the Pros”, p.7, McGraw-Hill Professional

topic: Teamwork, Block, Creating, Inspirational Team Building, Motivational Teamwork

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

- Robert Schumann

topic: Teamwork, Play, Ensemble, Motivational Teamwork, Best Team

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

- Bahá'u'lláh

source: "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh edited and translated by Shoghi Effendi (pp. 287-289), 1935.

topic: Teamwork, Powerful, Light, Inspirational Team, Inspiring Teamwork

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.

- Tahir Shah

topic: Teamwork, Achievement, Teammate, Leadership Teamwork, Motivational Teamwork

Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork.

- William Schutz

topic: Teamwork, Members, Feels, Motivational Teamwork, Team Member

A single leaf working alone provides no shade.

- Chuck Page

topic: Teamwork, Shade, Leafs, Motivational Teamwork, Working Alone

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.

- Halford Luccock

topic: Life, Teamwork, Science, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

- Lee Iacocca

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Teamwork

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

- Phil Jackson

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Individual Power, Inspirational Team

Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Leadership, Teamwork, Oneness, Inspirational Team Building, Inspiring Team Building

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Teamwork, Individuality, Rowing, Individual Work, Inspirational Team

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

- Bud Wilkinson

source: Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.13, Sports Illustrated

topic: Teamwork, Player, Goal, Inspirational Football, Sports Team

Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.

- Dennis F. Kinlaw

topic: Teamwork, Destiny, Ideas, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

- Allan Fromme

topic: Teamwork, People, Achieve, Working With Others, Inspirational Team

Many hands make light work.

- John Heywood

source: John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.221

topic: Change, Teamwork, Hands, Many Hands, Inspirational Team