Teammate Quotations

What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to the political world by Henry Kissinger and now bandied in the boardroom is colleague. It has a nice upper-egalitarian feel, related to the good fellowship of collegial.

I remember Simon O'Donnell being struck with cancer during Australia's 1987 World Cup campaign. I know very well what it is like to have a teammate who has been struck with a potentially fatal disease. He fought through: managed to get himself back to 100% fitness and back to playing again.

I'm Chief Executive Officer at Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida, which was founded by my Mexico City teammate Al Oerter and his wife Cathy in 2005. It shows that Olympians can have another life; we have got art from more than 100 Olympians.

I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.

I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates.

I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.

The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.

If I should get selected into the Hall of Fame, I'd be able to say 'thank you' to all the legends that are in the Hall of Fame. And also say thank you to my teammates, and also to all the fans. It's going to be like a dream come true.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

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?

Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.

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.

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.

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.

I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.

I really enjoyed working with New Zealanders as crew members, as teammates. They're great, and it's a beautiful country. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I've traveled quite a bit.

Why speed check when everybody else is riding strong? I'm mad at a teammate for doing that when he's got a teammate right on his butt. I came in here wanting to win this thing. I'm pretty ticked.

When you trade for a guy, you don't know his mental approach and the kind of teammate he is. That was probably the most encouraging thing, in addition to his physical tools. He fits in well with our team and our clubhouse.

There is no person on this team that deserves it more than Amani Toomer. He's been a complete team player and an outstanding teammate to play with. He made great plays all through the game and really won the game for us.

We're going to miss him in more ways than one. We will miss him as a player and our guys will miss him as a teammate more than anything else.

We're just used to it. Every race, there's always some stuff that happens, whether it's a teammate or not. You sort of have to refocus at the start and go.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.'

My family and friends and teammates, just having their support has been unbelievable.

There are some things that are really hard to see (on video), like facial expressions. That's important. That shows how he reacts. That shows what kind of teammate he is.

Tim Tebow is a great guy, but he wasn't a good teammate.

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not

We're not disappointed in A.J. at all. He's our teammate and he's our brother. You never want to see one of teammates get in a situation like that. I haven't had the chance to speak with him, but I would like a chance to before the game, just to let him know that we're all with him. I'm pretty sure he knows that already though.

Like I said, I'm better off having a teammate that doesn't even talk to me or does anything than one that works against me, and that's what I've had to deal with the last five years.

Losing Cat as a mentor, friend, and teammate has been particularly hard on everyone and the goalie situation.

Leah has been the epitome of the most selfless teammate you can have. She cares more about the scoreboard and how we're doing as a team. You can't replace her.

She's exactly what a coach is looking for in a player, and exactly what a teammate is looking for.

She's a leader, and she doesn't have to say much to be one. She's been selected as our teammate of the year for several years, and that's something that's voted on by the players.

She can do so many things with the ball, and scoring is only one of them. In fact, all of our players are so unselfish when it comes to getting points. Tiffany Daniels, who doesn't get to play much, passed up an open shot to feed her teammate Ally Hearn. That's just the way our girls play, which makes them a success, win or lose.

Mired in a batting slump, Bonds sat in the locker room and complained about his uncharacteristic struggle to get his offense going. I can't put my finger on the problem, said Barry aloud. I'm struggling. Can't buy a hit. Bonds then looked up and noticed a chronically poor-hitting teammate nearby. Bonds turned to him and said something like - you must feel like this all the time.

Obviously it's great to be on pole again, ... The way things go wrong in these sessions - they're so short - that you have to be absolutely flat out from the first lap. That's basically what our plan was and it seemed to work out. I didn't qualify at the last race at Watkins Glen - my teammate Bob Stallings did - but that's two poles in two qualifying sessions for me, and that 's something we're pretty happy about.

I don't have a problem with the guy. The guy is a tremendous player on the field. Everyone has seen that, and I have been a part of that. It takes a team to succeed on the field, so no way do I ever point at one person as being the reason why we were winning or losing football games. But he certainly is a difference-maker. If I were able to have the opportunity to be a teammate of his again, I would not back down from it.

I don't have a problem with the guy. He's a tremendous player on the field. I've witnessed that. He's a difference-maker. If I were to have an opportunity to be a teammate of his again, I wouldn't back down from the situation.

I don't know what to say. A lot of people say I don't have heart because I don't play with emotion like teammate Chris Sharp. People say I play casual, and sometimes I think that too when I see myself. I'm kind of just out there. But I can change that.

because, quite frankly, I don't know if Randy Moss is still on the field with me as a teammate at that time. He may be in the locker room when the game is on the line.

I felt comfortable leading the race with my teammate back there.

I feel like we had a deep bench this season, but if you take Matt away from that team and you take away the connection he had with teammate Alex Powell, I don't think we would've gotten where we did.

I feel terrible for the guy. I'm frustrated as a teammate and a friend. I just hope he's feeling better soon.

From all accounts, everyone who knows him calls him an incredible teammate and a true leader within the locker room. He is a perfect fit for our organization.

From an outsiders point of view, you're graded on whether you score or not. But that's not true with coaches and teammates. It's also a matter of what I do away from the goal to help the team. I've never focused on just scoring goals. My goal has been to be a good teammate and help out defensively whenever I can.

I don't think anyone realized the extent of how deep it went. It's tough when you see a friend and former teammate go through something like that.

For what I lacked, (Richard Hendrix) was there. He was a good teammate for that.

He was all over me at the end, and that's the way it should be. I've got to thank Kyle for being such a good teammate and racing me clean at the end.

He was the type of player that stood up for his teammates. He's the kind of teammate that you really respected.

He's been a good friend and a good teammate for a long time. I wish him the best of luck.

He has been with other teams, too, so it's not like he was the face of the Red Sox. He had a couple good years with them and he's our teammate now. He's going to help us a lot.

He has always been on DEI's short list. He was one of (Dale Earnhardt's) favorite drivers, and if we could ever get Matt, he would probably be our first choice for a teammate for Junior. But he indicated to us he was going to try to work something out where he is.

He is an unbelievable human being and probably the best teammate I have ever had. I want my son to grow up and be just like Dan Wilson.

He has proven to be an excellent and reliable teammate on a terrific Pistons team.

He is a good teammate because he could have cried about not starting. But he just does his job whatever role coach (Byron Scott) puts him in.

We're playing so much more together and communicating to each other better, ... They trust if they kick the ball to a certain spot, a teammate is going to be there.

What we would like to see is when a teammate walks into a locker room and wants to brag about his conquest the night before, that someone would have had their awareness raised around the issues of gender bounds to say, Hey, that's somebody's sister, that's somebody's daughter, that's somebody's friend that you might be talking about. That could easily be our loved one that we care about. And if we don't want our loved ones to be talked about in that way, let's not engage in that kind of conversation about somebody else's loved one.

Had I signed a day or two ago, we could've been teammates. He's moved on and I've stepped into a place where he played. . . . If I were to have an opportunity to be a teammate of his again, I wouldn't back down from the situation.

He?s a great friend and a great teammate to have in the clubhouse.

He's a bulldog. He's one of the unsung heroes. Nobody talks about the intangible things that he brings on the floor. He's an unbelievable teammate and he's just hard-nosed.

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.

He's a very mature kid. He keeps everything in perspective. He's not looking too far down the road. He understands he still has to do some things before he gets to the big leagues. He's good with the media, he's a good teammate and he's going to be big part of our future.

He was the best teammate I've ever been around.

He was a great teammate and gave everything he had. But the problem was, the way we were built, he had to be outstanding for us to have a chance to win.

He was a good guy, a great teammate and a member of our organization. We're going to miss him.

He contributes a lot. He's been a wonderful guy, does everything, weightlifting, been a good teammate for all the guys.

He contributes a lot, ... He's been a wonderful guy, does everything, weightlifting, been a good teammate for all the guys.

He is such a great team guy. He told us that he intends to come in and win the No. 1 job. But he also told us that, if he doesn't win that job, we will find no bigger supporter of John Grahame. From everybody that we spoke to, Sean is an unbelievable teammate and a great leader in the locker room. He is a great addition to our team.

Kenny won't be intimidated by the kids and the kids won't be intimidated by Kenny. With all of his experience and the type of person he is, Kenny is about the perfect teammate for those guys.

Kids coming out of high school are coached better today. Nothing against the coaches I had in high school; I thought they were great coaches. But everything is so specialized now. I watch Gary Rankin (Riverdale head football coach). He was a teammate of mine at Tennessee. (Riverdale) has a different game plan for everybody they played.

Kelly helps Bruce but it's more of a teammate kind of help. You would never know they were related unless you know the facts.

Joe told me something after the first practice Friday and it was just a tiny little thing, but it made a big difference, ... I even got to pass him once today, but it didn't take him long to retake his position. It's great to have a teammate like Joe, he's a pro and I appreciate the help he has given me. I just want to learn and get better in each race. I think I did that today. I am starting to figure out this oval racing.

Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so a teammate could wrestle in the region. He could have had an easier time qualifying for the state at 189, but you have to admire someone who puts their teammates first.

I think it shows in PKV, with myself and my teammate Cristiano da Matta on the second row, it shows a lot of hard work has paid off, at least for qualifying. I do know also we need to do a lot of work for our race setups tonight. We weren't all that happy in today's afternoon session. But, you know, all credit to the guys in the shop, they did a great job.

It didn't hurt having my teammate (Busch) pushing me from behind. There at the end it got pretty interesting.

I thought about Grissom and the admiration I had for him as a teammate in Milwaukee. I loved the way he played.

It hit me really hard because (White) has been my teammate for so long. I've accepted it now and am taking responsibility for stepping up and making up for her being gone.

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.

I think it was my own teammate I think it was Cookie. When you get hit that hard, you don't know.

I think we are both still learning off of each other so much. It's nice to have a teammate that's your brother. In racing, you always kind of have to watch your teammate closely and strive to be better than him. But when it's your brother, it's not like that. We're still competitive with each other, but we're not trying to beat each other-we're trying to make each other better.

I think that's an accurate statement. Everyone grew together and I think with that they got to know each other not only as players but as people. The camaraderie as a teammate builds and then you become a strong unit.