Top 100 Quotes About Teammates
#1. Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.
Robin Sharma
#2. What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play ... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.
Charles Barkley
#3. The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I'd made my teammates play.
Bill Russell
#4. He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.
Stephen Curry
#5. I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.
David Ortiz
#6. I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything
LeBron James
#7. The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.
LeBron James
#8. I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.
Abby Wambach
#9. 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
#10. If I want to win a title I have to beat the champion myself, I don't have teammates inside the ring.
Travis Browne
#11. 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.
#12. My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.
Abby Wambach
#13. Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.
John C. Maxwell
#14. There's a certain - there's a different pressure with playing in a Ryder Cup. You know, you're not just playing for yourself. You're playing for your teammates. You're playing for your country.
Rory McIlroy
#15. I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.
Viggo Mortensen
#17. Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates
Michael Jordan
#18. I want my teammates to see that I'm following Christ. But, I'm also human, so there are times I slip and make mistakes but I know Christ forgives me.
Torii Hunter
#19. My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.
Jason Babin
#20. 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
#21. 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
#22. Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.
Jason Kidd
#23. I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
Candace Parker
#24. A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.
Sharon Robinson
#25. Discover the fulfillment of intimate relationships with flesh-and-blood neighbors and teammates in concrete place and time, and we escape the pressure of mainstream media to channel intimacy only as virtual embrace.
Jose Panate-Aceves And John Hayes
#26. Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
Mike Krzyzewski
#27. 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
#28. Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
Phil Jackson
#29. When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.
Troy Brown
#30. 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
#31. I don't know, scene stealing is something I see as, people look at it, it could be a positive thing, but I really like to think of myself as a team player. It's kind of like one player can make the other teammates better, kind of like Larry Byrd dishing off.
Kevin Dillon
#32. 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 Bilas
#34. Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
Jerry Coleman
#35. The World Cup only comes around once every four years and is the absolute pinnacle of our sport. It is something we dream about as players. It is a reason why many of us started playing this game. I know myself, my teammates will be focused on what's ahead and what's at stake.
Jozy Altidore
#36. 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
#37. I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just ... frustrating.
Andruw Jones
#38. To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
LeBron James
#39. My teammates are the ultimate motivation. They mean everything to me. They are the reason I want to be at my best.
Julie Foudy
#40. I don' really care what people think. I don't really have to prove anything to anybody. I just have to prove stuff to my teammates.
Dustin Pedroia
#41. I love the atmosphere football brings; I love being around my teammates; I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.
Troy Polamalu
#42. Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.
Jim Brown
#43. 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
#44. Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates
Bernd Schuster
#45. People have to understand what my game is. It's not all about numbers. There's a bigger picture here. I don't create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens and get rebounds.
Rebecca Lobo
#46. 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
#47. I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#48. You have to gain respect from your teammates. You have to earn it.
Daunte Culpepper
#49. You have to remember that you only want to use your dunks at the right time. If you do it at the right time, you can wake up everybody and change the whole momentum of the game. It can get the crowd up, get your teammates up. It can wake up yourself, too, if you're not shooting well.
Dwyane Wade
#50. To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.
Jose Mourinho
#51. When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
Nolan Ryan
#52. 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
#53. Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.
LeBron James
#54. How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!
Allen Iverson
#55. When one of my teammates botches a shot, the coach tells him to stop being a girl. I wish I could tell him that I was a girl two days ago, and two days before that. Nothing is different. A shot is a shot.
David Levithan
#56. And it is likely that Rudy had teammates for whom the inverse was true - they were a 5 on talent and just a 2 on time invested, which is clearly a waste of talent.
Tom Rath
#57. If you lead a team, start asking questions and really listening. Start valuing the contributions of your teammates ahead of your own. And remember that when the best idea wins, so does the entire team.
John C. Maxwell
#58. There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.
Marshawn Lynch
#59. I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who's a bull rusher and who's a finesse rusher. I think I've learned.
Brandon Jacobs
#60. 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
#61. Must we vampires always resort to violence so quickly? Could we not just all sit down over a "refreshing Bud Light" and "just chill," as my television and my teammates relentlessly urge me to do?
Beth Fantaskey
#62. 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
#63. I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.
Eric Davis
#64. 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
#65. It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.
Bill Walton
#66. I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical.
Brian Griese
#67. When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.
Bruce Sutter
#68. Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.
John C. Maxwell
#69. That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.
Scott Tolzien
#70. I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.
LeBron James
#71. 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 Bernard
#72. I feel more comfortable with the ball in my hands, playing the point guard. But I like playing the 2, too. I think I bring tough defense and the ability to score and also get my teammates the ball to score.
Willie Green
#73. People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.
Gary Chapman
#74. 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
#75. Fraternizing with your teammates is not permitted." Dex gave him a sly grin. "Who said I wanted to fraternize? I was thinking more along the lines of having hot, sweaty man sex." Tony rolled his eyes. "Same thing." "No.
Charlie Cochet
#76. I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.
Ricky Williams
#77. When I grew up, my father taught us the value of hard work. He wanted us to enjoy ourselves, but he also wanted to know what it took to be successful. He coached a lot of our sports teams growing up. We weren't very good, but we learned about hard work and enjoying life and your teammates.
Andrew Luck
#78. A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
Mario Andretti
#79. I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.
Eli Manning
#80. I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
Mike Krzyzewski
#81. 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
#82. I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
Joe DiMaggio
#83. I don't miss playing for the Yankees. I miss my friends, my teammates.
Rafael Soriano
#84. Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.
Ted Lindsay
#85. The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.
Chris Bosh
#86. 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 Harris
#87. I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
Derek Jeter
#88. You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.
Jerry Rice
#89. It's been a dream to play in the NFL and hopefully after next year that becomes a reality, but I wouldn't pass up being here with my teammates and coaches for anything.
Denard Robinson
#90. My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play at the highest level for the best coach in basketball.
Grant Hill
#91. I hear good things about Xbox Live from some of my younger teammates. I think it would be fun to be able to challenge fans all over the world. It would be cool to be able to play some of my friends back home in the States. I'm looking forward to trying it.
Claudio Reyna
#92. I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.
Kirk Gibson
#94. World Series MVP is a unique individual honor because with one exception - Bobby Richardson won 1960 World Series MVP honors for the Yankees, but the Pittsburgh Pirates won the Series that year - by virtue of winning the award you guarantee your teammates have won a ring.
Tucker Elliot
#95. 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
#96. Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels.
Juan Marichal
#97. My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.
Don Drysdale
#98. Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.
Kohei Uchimura
#99. I'm just going to go out there knowing my teammates are depending on me to get the job done. I've got to go out and get it done, no letting down.
Chris Brown
#100. As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.
Darren Flutie
