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Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team.
The phrases and language used everyday in an organization can in fact affect the way your team makes decisions and conducts themselves.
If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.'
I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.
I was brought here [New Orleans] for a reason. I feel like I can make a tremendous impact, not only with the team but in the community.
When you step into that boat you have made a silent commitment to your team that you will do everything in your power to help them win.
My proudest moment? Every Friday morning when I look at the board at Celtic Park and see my name on the team sheet for tomorrow's game.
It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team.
While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent
A philanthropic venture requires all the energy, knowledge and money from its founder that a company requires from the leadership team.
The champions are the team with the most points...if United have more points, it means they have more points, that's all. Nothing else.
Balance is the secret for every team. There cannot be a defensive formation and an attacking formation: such a concept is a limitation.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.
I want to convey a message to the Sri Lankan government that they should seriously consider sending Sri Lankan Cricket Team to Pakistan.
When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.
If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.
I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.
I keep to a minimum dialect, in-jokes about football (soccer) teams and soap opera characters, so as not to lose North American readers.
Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.
There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?
My biggest problem when I was younger was trying to balance my ability with what the team needed me to do to officially run the offense.
While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.
I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.
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.
A lot of people said I left Nottingham Forest for the wrong reasons, but that wasn't true. I wanted to play for a top team like Chelsea.
I believe good software is written by small teams of two, three, or four people interacting with each other at a very high, dense level.
Any time you're playing a playoff-caliber team, it is always good to show well, because you don't know when you'll be seeing them again.
I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.
When I joined an all-boys baseball team, my mom wasn't too happy. I proved to her (and to me) that I could do anything I set my mind to.
The thing I'm most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it?
It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be one of the greatest comebacks.
I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.
I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and will be a surprise in Sydney.
I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.
For me particularly, when I listen to or make the music of the team called SHINee, I think that ultimately SHINee is me and I am SHINee.
One of the reasons why I enjoy college basketball a little more is because of its team orientation as opposed to individual orientation.
I work with an amazing team - I have a stylist and a hairdresser and make-up artist who are always wondering what I am going to do next!
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
I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.
For sure working with Ferrari is a great pleasure. It's a great team, it's a great experience and it's a great dream as well to be there.
I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.
Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.
I remember as a seventeen-year-old kid saying, "If attitude made me captain of this team, I'm going to have a good attitude all my life."
There have been ups and downs, but it has taught us a lot in life. Going with the team through those ups and downs is a terrific journey.