Malcolm Jenkins Quotes

The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.

There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.

In the dressing room, you can never lose that group concept.

There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players.

I think that's a good thing to have a camaraderie aspect with the team.

We want people that fit in our locker room. As I said, it's all about teamwork.

Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

I love being part of the team.

My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go.

I love how the Mariners function as a team. That feeling is important to me.

Our brotherhood in the NBA is really tiny, and we really all appreciate and support and want each other happy.

On teams that have won championships and got to the big game, there's a certain vibe and feel in that locker room. Everyone talks about how there's a brotherhood in that locker room, there's not a lot of dissent, there's not guys that go off on their own. It's a team atmosphere.

You can never really replicate the dressing-room environment and building something as a group of players.

The thing you miss most, when you don't play and you don't coach, is the huddle. You miss the huddle. You miss the ability to walk in the room where collectively players are from everywhere. Every race, every religion, every color. It don't matter, because you've got a common goal. You're trying to be something special as a team.

This isn't tennis or track. This is basketball. It's more about the team than self. There are four other guys on the court with you.

Not everybody's going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team. But when I step between those lines and I'm with my team, we're a brotherhood.

I like to create a good atmosphere in the dressing room.

A small squad means everyone feels part of it and integrated.

You can't manufacture team spirit; it doesn't come from having a good night out and a laugh.

I just love great teams.

It should be about this team, and it should be about these guys. It should be about our relationship. It shouldn't be about records.

The vibe in our locker room is real energetic and fun and real personable, I think from Day 1. That gets you through a lot of tough times, where in hard times, it might be common nature for guys to do their own thing and split up and become silent.

People talk about how precious the relationships of teammates are and the brotherhood and bond.

We all like each other. I know people ask us that, and I hate to disappoint them, but we get along great and we enjoy playing with one another, and what can I say? I'm as surprised as anyone else.