Don Mattingly Quotes

You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.

Nobody's more important than the team.

If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.

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

It's not any one person. It's not any one coach. It's the team.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

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.

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

A team is a team.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

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

Like a lot of people, I have been a leader in some things, and I've been a follower in some things. I know how to work on a team. And most of life, frankly, to get things done you have to get done, you've got to work as a team.

Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it.

I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.

In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.

My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it's brought those kids championships, and it's brought all those kids so much glory.

No one player is bigger than the team.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

I think it's really important to have a vision of teamwork, team play, and unselfishness.

Lots of people say politics is about individualism and egos. I happen to think government is best operated as a team.

I've always dreamed about playing for a team that's unselfish.

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.

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