Jack Wilshere Quotes

The single most important thing we had in the Steelers of the '70s was the ability to work together.

I love being part of the team.

I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.

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

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

I have fitted perfectly in the team and in the team's style of play.

I think that's what you need throughout your lineup. You need guys to help each other and feed off each other and to have that chemistry.

Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

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.

When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who were there, to all the support staff who've worked very hard behind the scenes.

One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

I like my teammates.

My teammates, they keep you focused.

We had a good cast and we loved each other.

It's hard to find good teamwork in practice, and I have never thought that we, as a party, were any better at working as a team than the Tories, despite our core values.

I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.

Team playing, that's what I see when I'm out there watching the WNBA games. All the girls play as a team, and they have each other's backs, and that's great.

You want to see energy, and you want to see guys on the same page. You want guys to work together and have that energy come out onto the field. That's a good place to start.

I would say for a team to win, you don't need big names. You just need the right pieces.

There is a real joy to be able to get up and react to each other and appreciate the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, just the chemistry of the group.