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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

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Importance and Benefits of Teamwork

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When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
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To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.
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I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
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The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.
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Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.
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Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
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Bad attitudes will ruin your team.
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Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.
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In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.
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How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
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I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.
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Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
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Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.
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In teamwork, silence isn't golden, it's deadly.
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It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.
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If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on their loyalty to you, and it just won't be there.
Tim Schafer
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Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we.
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
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One of the things that I think makes me successful is the way in which I collaborate with others. In my opinion, nothing great is ever the product of one mind. It's always a consequence of some sort of self-critical collaboration.
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I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
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We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
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Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.
Anonymous
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I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds caracter - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
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The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
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