Gordon Strachan Quotes

Everybody gathered at my Aunt Hannah's house, and we sat around and talked, ate, drank and told lies. That's what people do, and I just sat there and listened.

There's not much to do in Atlanta, so the cast went to the gym together, went shopping together, and dinner was always a group thing. It's that whole summer-camp experience that making movies tends to be anyway.

I wanted to be part of the team.

Wine cheers God and man.

We thought of cultural activities as a way of taking players out of their comfort zone and building team spirit, helping them be braver, and a bit more comfortable in the uncomfortable situations.When you involve the community in that they get interested.

I just think it's great in cricket to come into a team environment. It's the first time I've ever experienced it.

I just want to be part of a team and get a chance to play a lot.

Look for the best in people to build a fantastic team

Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.

The truth lies in between the 1st and the 40th drink

A football team represents a way of being, a culture.

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people.

I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries. The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC.

Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.

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.

Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team.

I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don't bother to keep count.

If a chairman of a company visits Seattle, that chairman should take all the staff out in the evening and have a few drinks together, talk together and party together and not be embarrassed about the staff seeing the weaker side of you.

I love being part of a team, any team. Not just playing, but the camaraderie, the whole thing. It's just what I get off on.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

As difficult as it is to build a team, it is not complicated. In fact, keeping it simple is critical, whether you run the executive staff at a multi-national company, a small department within a larger organization, or even if you are merely a member of a team that needs improvement.

That is the remarkable thing about drinking: it brings people together so quickly, but between night and morning it sets an interval again of years.

I'm certainly not an expert and I imagine I'll spend my life figuring it out. What I do know, is that you can't take it all on yourself: find amazing people to collaborate with, build a team, and support other people doing the same. When you share your goals and ambitions with other people and they share with you, you exist in an energizing cycle of always creating new things with people that believe in you.