Seeing my teammates score, I love that. It is what I like about football.
Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It’s a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.
As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.
I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.
Success doesn’t motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey.
I’ve got some teammates telling me I can play for a long time, ooh, boy, I don’t want to play for a long time.
The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
Saying Kaepernick is a distraction is based largely on opinion. You could say his decision to kneel for the national anthem was detrimental to the team. If that is so, I would hope you’d note that Kaepernick’s teammates gave him the Len Eshmont Award at the end of the season.
You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you’re focused on them.
If you look up what I did in Arizona, you’ll see that I fought my way through training camp. I didn’t have a problem fighting my teammates.
As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that’s all I can ask for.
It’s a business with the coaches. It’s a business with the front office. So I don’t get too tied up if I’m appreciated by them. Because at the end of the day, my teammates are who I play for.
My teammates, they kid me all the time. My nickname is the doctor or the president in the locker room.
March Madness gave me both a lasting confidence and a lifelong bond with both my teammates and opponents.
My teammates are incredible. Just to be a part of this organization and this group, it’s amazing with all the history behind the Lakers; I’m just glad to be a part of it.
Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.
One of the first things I learned from veteran teammates – as a minor league player in the Detroit Tigers organization – was that you do everything in your power to stay out of the training room. It’s a survival of the fittest thing.
I think, over the years, I’ve earned the respect of my teammates as someone who first got on the scene and wasn’t internationally ready and has just continued to put in the work.
My teammates have given me a lot of confidence, my coaches have also. When there’s people behind you like that, you have no choice but to get better.
People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it’s the opposite. The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day’s game. It’s not a vacation – most guys view the road as a business trip.
My goal is to win just for the teammates and the guys in our room.
Over the years, I’ve had teammates who decided to hang it up and I would ask them how they knew when it was time to walk away. The answer was almost always the same: You just know.
My mom and dad had the relationship that I want, and they were teammates. They were always equal 50/50.
Sometimes I get caught in just trying to get assists, trying to help my teammates get a good shot, and I think I put myself in positions where I get turnovers or I force the issue.
I expect to work hard, earn the respect of my teammates and hopefully I can start.
Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.
When I am aggressive, I think that is going to help my teammates.
I love my teammates. I love my coaches.
You don’t have to be the greatest of friends off the floor. But on the floor you have to be able to play without any kind of hesitation for all your teammates. Whether you like the guy or not, you can still do what’s right.
I know a lot is expected of me, but I’m surrounded by some great teammates.
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
I sit on the bench, and I watch even my teammates swing, so you can learn from them when they make a bad swing or good swing. I like to watch from the rookie to the veteran player, and that way you can see the difference and learn something from them.
There is something powerful about sitting courtside and watching closely the interactions of players with their teammates, with their opponents, with their coaching staff.
I know what I’m about. My teammates know, my family knows, everything else, I can’t worry about.
I always try to manage the ball in a way that can help the way my teammates receive it.
You have a personality inside the pitch and off the pitch and in the changing room, too. The most important thing is to be respected by your teammates, and that’s the case at Tottenham.
I heard there was a debate about fighting teammates, and if a fight should happen because the fans or promoter wants it, I will fight a teammate, but family is ridiculous.
At LSU, I was a true leader. I know I made some mistakes, but I think I was a leader for my teammates.
I want to help my teammates. I try to bring good defense and not bother guys who can score.
I think naturally I’ve been kind of a lead-by-doing guy. Just showing up to work every day. You never ask teammates something you wouldn’t do yourself.
Whenever I’m on the court, I just want to do whatever I can to help my teammates win the game.
You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
I’ve had some of the best years of my career at Atletico and remember the supporters, my teammates, and the coaching staff fondly.
No matter what you do in the offseason, you can’t simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you’re around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It’s just kind of instinctive you do that.
It’s always nice to go back and play for my country. My teammates and I grew up together.
I want to… help the young guys, help my teammates, help everybody be confident and make everybody feel like they’re special.
This is how I see myself, as a player that at the end of the day, whether I have a letter or not, I know that when we’re in overtime or it’s a deciding moment in the game my teammates are looking at me to step up. To me that’s all I need to know.
For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it’s a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That’s the way I see things.
Salary matters shouldn’t be told to everyone. It’s a matter of respect for my teammates.
I like to dribble and give the decisive pass to my teammates.
Any success that I have had as a goalkeeper in MLS with Crew SC is a testament to those around me who have pushed me – teammates, coaches, staff, family, friends and supporters.
Trades happen in the NBA. I’ve had a lot of teammates in my six years, so I know kind of how it works.
Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had.
I have great memories of my years in Edmonton and the players who were my teammates.
Being surrounded by great women and amazing role models and good teammates allowed me to unfold and evolve into the person that I am today.
It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
Not all teammates tell the truth.
I just like to have fun on the field and make plays and have fun with my teammates.
I think there’s a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don’t have to change your personality to be a leader.
The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats – it’s the guy that also has an impact on his teammates and leadership.
And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn’t do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.
It feels good just to have my teammates behind me each night.
As a player, I always felt confident that if I was caIm, my teammates knew, ‘He’s going to do something to help us win.’ As a coach, my hands are really tied. I got to believe in my players. If they see I’m calm, they’ll believe I trust them, which I do.
I care about my teammates.
Some of my teammates and coaches don’t understand what I’m doing by speaking out, but they support me, for which I am grateful. They have become part of my surrogate family here in the United States.
I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.
