Martina McBride Quotes

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

I'm the type of person that, when it's my time in the spotlight, I'll do my duty in the spotlight. When it's not, and it's another person's time, I'll go away.

I don't have an overabundance of cocky attitude, because I'm collaborative.

I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm just here with the Panthers, trying to help them win.

My main focus was to be a great teammate. That's all I hoped to accomplish. I don't really care about legacies.

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a family.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.

I'm not a guy that's going to brag or feel like I'm better than the group.

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.

There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

When I'm on the court, I'm a follower.

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit.

It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.