Simone Elkeles Quotes

Something we do every tour is to choose a song for the team CD that gets played in the dressing room prior to games.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

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

While we play for the club we are focused on usual routine, but when we are with the national team and the new kit is unveiled we feel closer to the World Cup.

I shake everybody's hand before the game, but Oklahoma City, they don't shake hands. Only some of them, but I don't think they really shake hands before the game.

Patriots Nation is loud, they have sick accents.

I came to Philly not only because of the quality of the team and the organization, but also the fans, the passion - it's really palpable in that city.

Being here in the city of Atlanta, a great city, being part of the Hawks organization for me has been great.

We just want to win the natty - the national championship - and that's starts with a team, not just one person.

The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never occurs if you try to separate yourself as part of the problem.

When we're traveling for games, I always go down and have breakfast with the team - that's a must.

Everyone has to have the same targets, and the fans are very important for every team, for the motivation of the players. It's the same in every club.

I learned 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the national anthem. I always wanted to play it before the Bulls game, but I always thought, like, Coach would be like, 'You're not focused on the game!' So I never really asked.

During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement. You should live the journey. You should live it right. You should live it together. You should live it shared. You should try to make one another better. You should get on one another if somebody's not doing their part. You should hug one another when they are. You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win. It's all about the journey.

This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

When I was playing soccer at the age of 14, the first thing we'd do before going out onto the field would be to climb up on one another's thighs and massage the legs; it was a regular thing. None of us had a thought of being gay, absolutely not, and it's the same with most bodybuilders.

It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.

I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of Pittsburgh.

My team good, we don’t really need a mascot.

On the pitch and for life generally, I keep my center by remembering that I am part of a team and if I don't do my part, I let down not just my team but everyone who follows it.

The best part of it for me is the idea that this group of young men, who came together and believed in themselves, bought the team concept completely, took the names off the back of the jerseys, checked the egos at the door.

Im only as good as my team, I love you guys so much

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

When you're not playing up to your capability, you gotta try everything, to motivate, to get them going. All of them have to be on the same end of the rope to pull together. It's playing for the name on the front of the shirt, not the back. Individualism gets you trophies and plaques. Play for the front, that wins championships. I try to remind them of that.