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Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork, however, can prevent effective final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member of a team and the organization.
Sep 29, 2025
There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.
When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
Teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed
Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?
Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.
You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
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.
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. - Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.
The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.
If you can laugh together, you can work together.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
Light is the task where many share the toil.
Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable.
A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.
The path to greatness is along with others.
Good teams incorporate teamwork into their culture, creating the building blocks for success.
Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.
Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others.
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
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.
If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.
Two heads are better than one.
Many hands make light work.
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities