Think Team First Quotes

#1. I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

LeBron James

#2. One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it.

Satchel Paige

#3. I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues.

Cheech Marin

#4. It's hard to dismiss the obvious symmetry between Longo [Evan Longoria] and the franchise for which he's now the poster-child: for the player, Hondo Junior College to MLB All-Star ... for the team, worst to first.

Tucker Elliot

#5. I want to be a starter again, I would really enjoy playing for the Phillies again, but my first consideration in making my decision is finding a circumstance that is right for me. I want to play for the Phillies again, but I also wouldn't mind joining a team I've never played with before.

Chan Ho Park

#6. Building a cohesive leadership team is the first critical step that an organization must take if it is to have the best chance at success.

Patrick Lencioni

#7. Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough.

Dick Bennett

#8. After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back. I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.

Eric Cantona

#9. Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

Don Meyer

#10. When you join teams that changes lives, yours will be the first.

Todd Stocker

#11. I can tell you first-hand from my experiences with Sacramento, the league does try to honor the fan bases it has, and encourage teams to stay in their home markets.

Steve Ballmer

#12. Every first-class season is important; every game is crucial, irrespective of whether you are in the Indian team or not.

Rohit Sharma

#13. So guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record 'cause I know all of us are scratched, even if you can't hear it when we speak.

Andrea Gibson

#14. When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

Ross Perot

#15. Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. An all-round midfielder who possesses quality and character in abundance.

Marcello Lippi

#16. To be a leader, you must first be a team player, and you must care for the men you lead.

Dick Couch

#17. It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.

Charles Barkley

#18. My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

Kurt Russell

#19. I'm pretty sure most of them sincerely believe that the First Amendment actually means they can say anything they want without consequences. Like no, that does not protect your butt when you say something ignorant on Facebook and end up getting kicked off the football team or whatever!

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#20. My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get to me.

Andy Moog

#21. I've witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart.

Mitch Lasky

#22. I think there is more pressure at trials when you are trying to make the team and you have to come first or second, and you have to go under qualifying time.

Stephanie Rice

#23. We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

Cobi Jones

#24. All right, team ... This is our first game of the season ... If we all show the right spirit, I think we can win this one. Let's try to encourage each other ... Let's hear a little chatter out there, okay?"
"YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, KID!

Charles M. Schulz

#25. People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

Abby Wambach

#26. I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.

Sam Altman

#27. I think I've achieved some good things; doing the first genome in history - my team on that was phenomenal and all the things they pulled together; writing the first genome with a synthetic cell; my teams at the Venter Institute, Human Longevity, and before that Celera.

Craig Venter

#28. During the whole funding process they said, 'We're interested in you guys because of your management team; we think you're fantastic ... ' Two weeks later they pull me into the office - before even the first board meeting - and say, 'We want to replace you as CEO.'

Mark Fletcher

#29. I grew up playing hockey and some football, and I always think about the first time you walk into the locker room on a new team. The cliques are looking at you funny, and you make one friend, but then they're trying to stab you in the back.

Aaron Douglas

#30. When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't even think about the NBA. The big start for me was making it to the final cut for the Olympic team, and I was the only one who was going to be back for my senior year of college.

Terry Porter

#31. I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.

Arsene Wenger

#32. When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.

Aly Raisman

#33. Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team's best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.

Tony Dungy

#34. When a professional baseball team asks you to throw out the first pitch, that's an honor, and you do it.

Bubba Watson

#35. For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You've achieved, you've got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in '88, '89 and '90.

Mike Krzyzewski

#36. I hated golf when we first started, but a big part of the training process was falling in love with this sport, so I went on tour with the UCLA Team.

Shia Labeouf

#37. I'm glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, ... It's just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I'm happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.

Bill Parcells

#38. The worst weapon of your enemy, rival, competitor, distractor is creating self-doubt in you and/or your team. They cannot win you without first destroying your self-worth.

Assegid Habtewold

#39. One thing we've talked a lot about, even in the first leadership meeting, was, what's the purpose of our leadership team? The framework we came up with is the notion that our purpose is to bring clarity, alignment and intensity.

Satya Nadella

#40. My team can't agree on our first design. So, your team is made up of dynamic, creative minds that think differently. Congratulations!

Greg Nudelman

#41. Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

Carly Patterson

#42. I am a defensive tackle that no matter the situation, even if it is in nickel, I can go in there and rush the passer. And I can help the team out on first and second, too. I will get pressure.

Darius Philon

#43. I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

Sam Altman

#44. If I was discovered by anyone, it would be Stephen O'Neil, who saw me in a play at Williamstown and introduced me to my team who I'm still with today. He was the first person to introduce me to the film and TV world. Other than that, I just assumed I would be a theater actor my whole life.

Logan Marshall-Green

#45. If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?

George Carlin

#46. I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

Joe Morgan

#47. All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team.

James F. Amos

#48. I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.

David Millar

#49. Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

Wayne Rooney

#50. In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.

Luis Garcia

#51. I couldn't let how the team was doing affect my mindset on my rehabilitation because I sort of believe I had to take it upon myself that my rehabilitation and getting myself 100 percent healthy had to be first and foremost, before the team, in my mind,

Tedy Bruschi

#52. It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

Alexander Fleming

#53. Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.

David Pleat

#54. I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

Charles Barkley

#55. Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.

Alex Ferguson

#56. Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

John P. Kotter

#57. I am excited about Indian Grand Prix F1 race. I will support the Force India team. I have friends like Michael Schumacher but I will support Force India because that is the Indian team and country comes first.

Sachin Tendulkar

#58. During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

David Einhorn

#59. It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team.

Isaac D'Israeli

#60. I spent my first two years as a professional with Mapei in Italy, on their youth team. We rode in minor races. Doping wasn't an issue. S

Patrik Sinkewitz

#61. The first thing about Houston is it's an organization run from a different perspective. In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston's owner has other business interests, and he controls the money.

Johnathan Joseph

#62. Just because we want our favorite team to win does not mean there's any lack of toughness when a player chooses family first.

LZ Granderson