Bethanie Mattek-Sands Quotes

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

You have some singles that play doubles, but you have doubles players that can beat singles players when they're playing doubles.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

In a partnership, it is good to have two partners who have complementary means of action, under the assumption that these two partners sufficiently talk to each other to find out what they want to do together

Like a lot of people, I have been a leader in some things, and I've been a follower in some things. I know how to work on a team. And most of life, frankly, to get things done you have to get done, you've got to work as a team.

I'm a teamworker.

There's a way to win, and a way to play, and when you play like that, the ball's moving and guys are looking for each other, the game is fun.

The most satisfying way to play basketball is when you can get the best out of everyone on the court.

It's never just about one player. Together, you have to figure out other ways to score and get opportunities.

Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

I enjoy being a singles guy. I enjoy commanding the stage with myself and an opponent. It's a different process when you're teammates. Especially with the way we work. We're very unselfish with how we work together in so many different regards. Not just what you see as the final product of the match. Just strategizing, psychology, teamwork.

You have to play together and play the right way.

I think football is a team sport.

The quarterback-receiver connection is a constant work in progress. You're always working on your communication on the field, off the field.

It's great to communicate as a team.

You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.

The great thing about football is that it's a game that involves so many people.

There's a real difference between singles tennis and working as part of a team.

One player's influence in football is not as big as in other sports: it's 11 players vs. 11 players.

When you're dealing with a bunch of different producers, you gotta make sure the chemistry fits.

There's a high level of communication between all of us at Marvel, and between Marvel and Lucasfilm.

I compliment Kramer perfectly. We both put in a lot of legwork, win many balls, and we're comfortable with the ball at our feet. We also talk a lot both off and on the pitch.

This is a team sport.

Teamwork is a strategic decision.