Team Motivational Quotes & Sayings

The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end. — Stephen Covey

You have the capacity to do the work.
Find the willpower to begin work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception. — Bill Parcells

It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning. — George M. Gilbert

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision. — Colin Powell

I truly believe that success is determined not on Friday nights during games but rather in practice away from the lights and glimmer where coaches and players only have each other, their sweat, their discipline and their loyalty to each other. It is at practice where the boys of America become men through hard work, dedication and perseverance. — George M. Gilbert

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings. — Tony La Russa

If it annoys you when team members ask about their next promotion or talk about other job opportunities in the industry, you have motivational problems in the making. You need to build a habit of proactively seeking employee interests and suggesting follow-up steps. — Martin Zwilling

Nothing in life that is of value comes easy. If good things came easily then the value would be diminished. When we have a vested interest, when we give everything we have, then, and only then are those good times valuable. — George M. Gilbert

When you join teams that changes lives, yours will be the first. — Todd Stocker

Why talk of the team when our Cricket Board is like an exclusive club with members being there for years on end? If they can stay on without performing, the players too feel they can stay in the team without too big a performance. — Sunil Gavaskar

Sports programs are an important part of young people's lives but should never over-shadow the true purpose of high school and that is to earn a diploma. So often today sports have become more important than an education. This must be remedied because the true focus must always be toward the student's academic development. — George M. Gilbert

Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too. — Branch Rickey

There is no "I" in "Team," but there is an "E" for "Everyone." A team achieves more when everyone contributes. — Robert Cheeke

One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests I took on ergs were dismal failures, which worked wonders to further my dislike of these beastly creatures. Boring. Tedious. Noisy. Ergs have greatly cheapened rowing. Graceless. Greasy. Grim. The erg is to rowing what having sex by yourself is to having sex. Stop it! — Brad Alan Lewis

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. — Jonny Wilkinson

We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished. — George M. Gilbert

I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life. — George M. Gilbert

It is important for coaches to mentor young people toward those things that are most important in life and aid them in creating their own order of priorities to live by. — George M. Gilbert

Unity is the intentional inclination to corporately control our destination. In other words, achieving the dream takes a team! — DeWayne Owens

It is so easy to judge those around us and decide their value without knowing who they really are or what they truly represent. — George M. Gilbert

Being fired is part of the risk when anyone plans to take on the responsibility as a head coach. — George M. Gilbert

In a highly performing team everyone achieves better than he/she would have achieved when working alone. — Israelmore Ayivor

The more that people know how they fit on a team, the more they will desire to properly make the most of their fit and maximize their contribution. — John C. Maxwell

The one man team is a complete and total myth. — Don Shula

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team. — Bud Wilkinson

Always have a 'Plan C — Zoltan Andrejkovics

The development of the "We Believe" philosophy must be real and not cosmetic. Everyone must buy in and understand that it is not a motivational tool, but rather something very personal that should be lived and that all must believe in order for true success to be achieved. — George M. Gilbert

To achieve any group goal, individuals must work to improve themselves as a means to improve the group. — George M. Gilbert

Coaching is like riding a roller coaster with many ups and downs. The true test is weathering the storm. The average length of time anywhere in America that a man is a head high school football coach is three years. — George M. Gilbert

May we recognise the uniqueness of every individual and seek to complement each other. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The truth is, forgiving is a rather simple concept to grasp. It is often imagined that when you forgive, you have to reconcile with someone and yet this is a larger team in which forgiveness is just a player. — Stephen Richards

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there. — Phil Jackson

Every time our great Country has been critically challenged either by dictators or terrorists, we as a Country have put aside our personal agendas and focused on doing what we need to do to win when threatened. — George M. Gilbert

Let us work joyfully while we have the strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Before success can truly become routine, there must be that transition from that wanting/hoping to have success toward honestly knowing you can earn success with your talents and work ethic. — George M. Gilbert

Quitting is not an option. I will not let anyone on this team quit. — Herman Edwards

The coaches will offer a direction, a plan, routine, discipline and the players must develop the desire to work together accepting their roles as they learn in preparation for the season. — George M. Gilbert

I think we had to hit rock-bottom in all facets of the program before we could ever start moving in a positive direction. — George M. Gilbert

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out. — Pat Riley

The unknown can be a great tool. — George M. Gilbert

Winners accept responsibility because acceptance of responsibility nullifies excuses. — George M. Gilbert

America is a country built on unity, hard work and diligent pursuit of personal goals leading to collective success. — George M. Gilbert

The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop. — George M. Gilbert

As of today, you do anything that I feel is disrespecting our program in any way, you are gone! From this day forward, everyone will be at practice in uniform as we will either build this program into something or we will destroy it! — George M. Gilbert

In my organizations I don't have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don't work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We're a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn't, then one of us is in the wrong place. — John C. Maxwell

If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here! — George M. Gilbert

we first need to get boys out for football and then the plan will gradually come into play — George M. Gilbert

Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident — Tahereh Mafi

This is truly a rags to riches story which doesn't happen often, but it does happen. Hope is offered to those who face similar challenges that in this great Country dreams can be realized when work ethic and passion lead the way. — George M. Gilbert

Nobody's more important than the team. — Rejean Houle

The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played ... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers ... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable ... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do. — Ken Dryden

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times. — Bill Parcells

Dear 2016,

If I had any defeats in your team, I am glad they were on my terms.

Love,
Defeated Winner — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal. — Dave DeBusschere

My two most unproductive days of the week have always been yesterday and tomorrow. Keeping that in mind, I try to focus majority of my attention on today. — Mark W. Boyer

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. — Lou Gehrig

I will not promise boys positions, I will not promise any of you football success, I will demand discipline, character, respect, and work ethic throughout the program. If I succeed in getting people to believe then success will follow. — George M. Gilbert

One man cannot make a team. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The true Entrepreneurship doesn't means to be your own boss, rather it is the thirst to follow your heart and work with the team of visionaries! — Ujjwal Chugh

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point. — George M. Gilbert

Coaches must take calculated risks all the time. One thing is to talk about what you plan to do and another is to prepare and then execute a plan toward change. — George M. Gilbert

I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team. — Diana Nyad

Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team. — Rocky Bridges

The best part of it for me is the idea that this group of young men, who came together and believed in themselves, bought the team concept completely, took the names off the back of the jerseys, checked the egos at the door. — Tom Coughlin

The great cancer facing all of us during this 'new millennium' is entitlement. — George M. Gilbert

A team goal requires a team effort. — George M. Gilbert

How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it. — Stephen Covey

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other. — Darrell Royal

To become a better you, work in a team of like-minded people and learn new things you don't know. — Israelmore Ayivor

The youth of America need routine, repetition toward excellence, a sound but not punishing discipline, and the opportunity to make mistakes without the feeling of failure. — George M. Gilbert

My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team. — Clayton Christensen