Mike Singletary Quotes

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

One has to be available, very much available, and ready to protect the interests of his colleagues.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

I love being around my teammates, and I love leading and having responsibility.

I will do what my team wants me to do and justify my place in the side.

I just want to contribute to my team and earn the trust and do everything they need from me.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

Everybody knows I am a team player.

For us to be a really good team, everyone has to guard.

It takes all 11 on the field doing their job correctly to make it all happen.

You can't be a team player today and not a team player tomorrow.

Friends ask me to pick the best 11 players, but sometimes the best 11 players are not the best team. So it's something that you have to work together.

If the team needs you, you need to sacrifice.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

I just wanted to work, build a relationship with my teammates, and earn their trust.

As coaches say, it's about finding your role. We're coming together as a team.

If you don't have a cohesive team, you won't have good results.

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

There were many times during our career when he could've quit and done something else. But he knew that his power was with the Grateful Dead. He didn't want to go solo. Jerry was a groupist. He loved to group.