Quotes & Sayings About Teamwork In Basketball

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. — Phil Jackson

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson

Famed basketball coach Phil Jackson, a meditator himself, arranged to have his players - first the Chicago Bulls, and then the L.A. Lakers - learn meditation as a way to improve their focus and teamwork. Jackson finds that mindfulness assists players in paying attention to what's happening on the court moment by moment. Such precise training in attention has paid off during tense playoffs; Jackson has led more teams to championships than any coach in NBA history. Meditation — Sharon Salzberg

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. — Michael Jordan

The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport — Walt Frazier

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge. — Bill Simmons

Basketball Rule #6
A great team
has a good scorer
with a teammate
who's on point
and ready
to assist. — Kwame Alexander

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans. — Bill Walton

Winning squads emphasize fundamentals-pick and rolls,teamwork,and defense. They play with passion and they play hard. They move the ball, and when their players don't have it, they move well without the ball. They play with sagacity by exploiting mismatches. They gauge their opponents weaknesses and then attack them relentlessly. — Walt Frazier

In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do — Mike Krzyzewski

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team. — Mike Krzyzewski

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

Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught. — Pat Summitt

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. — Michael Jordan

There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team. — Tom Landry

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team. — Scottie Pippen

Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues. — Pat Summitt

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

Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement. — John Wooden