Vernon Davis Quotes

I've been able to contribute to a lot of winning teams in my lifetime. It just comes from my mindset. I've not focused on me individually; it's what the team needs.

Personal achievements don't matter to me; victory of the team does.

The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.

Good teams don't care about who scores. Good teams just care about scoring; they don't care who does it.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

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.

My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.

You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'

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.

I'm a team player who needs to work a lot and sacrifice myself for the success of the group.

The team is the star, never an individual player.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

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 don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

I'm always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to 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.

We just had a bunch of guys who liked each other, and we worked well together and sacrificed to win ball games. It was a real team effort.

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

Ultimately, the team has to come first even though we all have individual goals and preferences.

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

How can you create a team and bring all these egos together? The main goal for Manchester United is for them to play well - and not have a player saying, 'I play well; I scored two goals'. Because if I score two goals, but three goals go into our net, then we lose.

Individual players don't win titles no matter how good you are as a player. The best players in the world need a team around them. It is about the team, and we are playing for the badge.