When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that’s what makes you a good teammate, and that’s what everybody’s looking for.
I always wanted to be alongside a very quick teammate and tough teammate.
I think that’s what being a good teammate is, and I think that’s what creates a good environment for the locker room. I think if guys are connected, it’s easier to know where they’re coming from when they get upset or they’re down on themselves.
Growth and maturation isn’t celebrated or isn’t talked about in society now. Is it possible that I was a bad teammate in 2012? Sure. Is it also possible that I’m a good teammate in 2019? Sure.
You try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.
I want to keep getting better, being a great teammate and try to keep learning from our guys and help as much as possible. I’m not satisfied with where I’m at.
I think it was everything about him: his work ethic, his desire to be the best football player that he can be. He just woke up and he was just Ray Lewis, so he did pretty much everything great. He was a great teammate.
I don’t go out there to score goals, as I am just as happy if I provide an assist for a teammate.
My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room.
It’s nothing, really, for me to be able to say it’s overwhelming or anything. It’s just – you do the interviews, you interact with everybody, and you make sure that, at the end of the day, you focus on why you’re here, and that’s to play football and make sure I can contribute as a teammate.
I love scoring for the fans, for the team, for myself. That’s not to say that I won’t pass if I see a teammate in a better scoring position. But I like to score.
In football, in any sport, communication is really key. So if you want to be a great teammate, a great team and a great player, then communication is very important.
In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I’d be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.
I think that my career speaks for itself and shows the type of player I am. I have never had a teammate who didn’t enjoy playing with me. There are always going to be skeptics, but chemistry will definitely not be an issue.
In the playoffs, it’s not going to be pretty. There’s going to be some games where you don’t score. But are you going to take a charge for a teammate?
I don’t have any concerns fighting a teammate. It’s a sport. To me, it doesn’t really mean anything.
Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I’m in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it’s the ultimate environment.
I never thought I would be in a situation where I would have to go into the stands and actually help my teammate fight fans. But at that time, there’s no way I could have lived with myself knowing that my teammate is in the stands fighting and I’m not helping him.
Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.
You talk about Shaq, I would put Tim Duncan in that same category. Mr. Fundamental, just kept things simple. He is a great teammate, a great player, and a great person. When you have those ingredients in a champion, you just want to be a part of that and have an opportunity to play with him.
I’m just trying to be the best teammate I can possibly be.
There’s only so many times you can write the story about the gay teammate.
That’s always the No. 1 goal, just be a good teammate and work hard.
I always try to look at kids like I’m in the locker room, and I’m a teammate.
A point makes you happy; an assist makes you and your teammate happy. An assist makes two people happy.
Be on time, work hard every day, try to help your teammate, look for the team first. If you do that, everybody’s gonna respect you.
I’m just trying to be the best teammate.
It just depends on what’s asked of me, but normally I’m looking to make the right, easy play. So if I can get a teammate a layup, if I can get him an open shot, I just think that gets the ball moving and I feel like it makes everybody feel good and we get into a better offensive rhythm.
For me, the best defender I played against was Carles Puyol. He was my teammate, too, but my rival many times. Also, Roberto Ayala, the Argentinian centerback.
My role is what I make it to be. That’s just playing the right way, being a good teammate and hopefully everything else takes care of itself.
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing.
There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate. He really cared about the game of baseball, the way it was played, and whatever it took to win that night.
Just imagine how fast, innovative and excellent your business will be once every single teammate – from the janitor to the executive – begins to see themselves as the CEO of their own area of responsibility.
There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.
I just need to be a good teammate if I don’t get looks.
The thing is, I don’t do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.
Solitary pursuits like playing video games and skateboarding can’t compete with the thrill of mobbing a teammate as he scores the winning run – nor do they end with a postgame trip to Dairy Queen.
I’ve had teammates I didn’t get along with, who hasn’t? I’ve never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?
I want to be a great teammate, and I want to be the same leader on the field that I know I can be off the field.
Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.
I just want to be in the middle of the order, playing solid defense, playing every day, being competitive and earning that my manager, the coaching staff, the front office, my teammates have faith that I’m going to be a helpful teammate. I want to do that until the very end.
My teammate in college, Melissa Jones, lost her sight in one eye. Hers wasn’t a hit to the eye; she fell and hit her head on the court, and then someone fell on her.
I take my teammate’s praises very well. It means I am doing my job well.
My favorite memory of Kevin Garnett is not a memory – it’s more of the experience I had with him for a year, just enjoying that moment of being his teammate, conversing with him every single day, learning from him every single day.
It’s easy to be the greatest teammate when you’re winning. How about when you’re losing? How about when you’re down 20?
When they say I’m a bad teammate and that I got a coach fired, that irritates the hell out of me. The biggest thing for me is to always have respect for my teammates. And then the whole Westphal thing – the man got himself fired. He was losing before I got here.
People might call me a liar for this, but I want a fast teammate, I think for two reasons: it’s always going to get more out of yourself, and it’s always going to be a more true evaluation of where you stand.
It’s never easy to watch. It’s never great to see your friend or teammate put himself through hell.
There are always a lot of guys that have potential, but to make it a certain amount of years in the league, it takes more than just potential. You have to be professional, you have to be a good teammate, do things the right way. So now, any chance I get to talk to younger guys, I do it.
I ensure I am focused throughout the game, whether that is making a chance for myself or receiving the ball from a teammate to score.
Just try to play hard to win games and to be versatile. And also be a great teammate. I’m not faking anything I’m doing out here. I’m being myself. I’m not faking anything.
Not everything is seen that happens on the pitch – the teammate in a good position, where it might get dangerous, how a situation develops.
Every striker wants a teammate with his ability. Adama can cross from anywhere, so you have to be there at the right time to score.
I think I’m a great teammate.
One of my favorite parts of this game is being a teammate.
I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.
I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
It’s always tough to see a teammate go unless he is willing to go.
I take an approach of focusing on characteristics and qualities that I want to be as a teammate and the numbers will take care of themselves.
I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.
