E. L. Konigsburg Quotes

When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals

A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.

When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.

The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.

So what's your team called?" asked Kate, twisting her legs into a pretzel-like configuration, "We're called the Winmates because we're inmates who win." Kate looked back and forth at Reynie and Constance, searching their expression for signs of delight. "You gave yourselves a name?" asked Constance. Now it was Kate's turn to be baffled. "You didn't? How can you have a team without a name?

In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.

You cannot win a game of football on your own; it's about the entire squad working together to achieve something. That's how football works: it has always been about the group, not the individual.

If you're going to start a group, make sure the people you're starting it with are in sync.

For me, I always considered that a group is above everything else.

When you are in a squad, you are looking around to make sure that everyone is focused and feels the same way.

Teams are a collective expression.

I always say, whether it's Liverpool or England, it's not just me who is a leader.

To be honest, it doesn't matter who is next to me in whatever team.

In football, you win as a group, you lose as a group; you divide the credit and the blame.

You know, what is team chemistry? My opinion is when you have enough people who care about winning and enough people who losing affects. That's what chemistry means to me. It doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, but you're going to have enough people on the same page. It's almost impossible, I think, to get everyone on the same page, but it's gotta mean something to you.

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

I love being able to have a team.

When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets along best.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.

You're on your own out there with ten mates.

All that matters is to help the team.

I think the teams biggest struggle is remaining a team. It's kinda like a puzzle, If one piece of the puzzle is missing then the puzzle can't be completed. Every team member plays an important part.

Mainly, the reason people who didn't succeed had trouble because they had trouble forming teams. They didn't know how to collaborate.

The star of the team IS the team. 'We' supercedes 'me'.