Quotes on Teammate

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me.

I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

If I can help my teammate or teammates play at a level they've never played at before, then it doesn't even matter so much how I play.

Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.

I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow.

I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.

Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

Off the floor I'm really laid back, like nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor I do get emotional and a little carried away. However, I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.

I'm afraid to walk in public, because people look at me. But I'm not going to stop. I'm afraid because if I want to commune with my friend Shad (Meier), I have to ask him to cut my chicken for me. But I did it. And I'm afraid to go back and see my teammates and coaches because I know that I'll feel envy. But I'm going to do it anyway. Because fear is just a feeling, and if you can acknowledge that fear, digest that fear and overcome it, the rewards are incredible.

I had no answer to those questions, only hope. With absolutely no one to turn to, no Mikey, no Axe, no Danny, I have to face the final battle by myself, maybe lonely, maybe desolate, maybe against formidable odds. But I was not giving up. I had only one Teammate. And He moved, as ever, in mysterious ways. But I was a Christian, and He had somehow saved me from a thousand AK-47 bullets on that day. No one had shot me, which was well nigh beyond all comprehension.

Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape.

I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

We can control a few things: our attitude, our effort, our focus and how we go about treating our teammates.

To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.

I want to be the best teammate I can be, the fastest learner, the hardest worker, and just go out there in any way that I can help in each game.