Antonio Brown Quotes

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.

Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.

That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.

I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.

You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.

This 51 Phoenix Racing team, I love them to death. They've got my back, I've got theirs.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

There's great affection, tremendous loyalty, but anytime you open up the season, when you walk in the locker room, there is a circle, and my obligation to everyone in that locker room is the circle has to be as strong as possible to give us a chance to win.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

I'm very happy in Madrid and I'll defend my coach, the players, the president - everyone.

I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.

It means a lot to me as a quarterback if my receivers think I'm a good quarterback. It doesn't really matter what everybody else thinks, but it means a lot to me when I feel like those guys trust me.

Quarterbacks like guys who try to do everything they can for them and put it on the line for them. So that's what I try to do.

I love my teammates. I'm never going to try and let them down.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

A lot of players have told me they see me as a protector of my teammates, that, side by side, I'm there when something goes down, and I step up beside them and for them when things get nasty. I play the game hard, and I play it physical.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.

In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

The more you rely/trust and believe in your team and the bigger the investment you make in getting them to their greatness, the larger will be the commitment, engagement, and outright devotion they have when it comes to you.

When you're a member of a team, when I was member of a team, whether I ultimately agreed or disagreed, once a president makes a decision, everybody, in my opinion, has to go with that decision, or you shouldn't be a member of the team. Your reputation rises and falls with the person who's the leader of the team.

I defend my players and coaches.

You cannot treat someone differently just because they have become captain. We still took the mickey out of Alastair Cook when he was in charge. You have to treat them first and foremost as a team-mate.