John Wooden Quotes About Team
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A gifted player, who is not a team player, will ultimately hurt the team.
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Lead, don't drive. And give credit. Don't blame. If an officer on your team suggested something and it worked well, give them credit. If it doesn't work well, you take the blame because you made the decision.
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The best way to improve your team is to improve yourself.
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I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end.' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
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Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.
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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.
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A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
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Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.
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Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
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Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
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When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.
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The star of the team IS the team. 'We' supercedes 'me'.
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You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors / how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices.
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Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.
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Others may have more ability than you, they may be larger, faster, quicker, better jumpers ... but no one should be your superior in respect to team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, cooperation, determination, industriousness, fight effort, and character.
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You better play together as a team or you sit.
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The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.
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The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.
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I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team
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There are three things an athlete must do. You must be in physical condition ... You must execute properly and quickly the fundamentals ... and you must have eagerness to sacrifice personal interests or glory for the welfare of the team.
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The team is the star, never an individual player.
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You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles
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We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
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The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.
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Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.
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Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals
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We can become great in the eyes of others, but we'll never become successful when we compromise our character and show disloyalty toward friends or teammates. The reverse is also true: No individual or team will become great without loyalty.
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