Team Formation & Team Chemistry


The following is from the book A Season in THEIR Words: Quotes From Coaches From The Preseason To The Postseason  

One of the most important goals of any team sport is the formation of the team. Few things are as beautiful as a group of individuals that give up selfish desires and act as one unit. All successful teams have good leaders and players who accept their roles. Getting everyone on the same page is one of the coach’s biggest challenges, especially in a society that often preaches a me-first attitude. A coach is wise if he does a little something every day to help develop team chemistry. Here are a few quotes from coaches that may help.

A team is a fist—not five fingers.
--Mike Krzyzewski

The strength of a team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
--Phil Jackson

Some people believe you win with your five best players, but I found you win with the five who fit together best.
--Red Auerbach

Whether it’s in business, politics, education, or athletics, there has to be respect and loyalty for the leader. Success or failure depends on it. There are three questions from the leader that must be answered affirmatively by the group members if the group needs assurance that it can reach its desired goal.

  1. Can I trust you? 
  2. Are you committed? 
  3. Do you respect or care about me? 
If the individual can answer yes to their leader to these three questions, even greatness is within their grasp.
--Lou Holtz

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
--John Wooden

A lot of times a player has a lot of versatility. That’s really what their strength is and what their role is.
--Bill Belichick

There is an old saying about the strength of the wolf is the pack, and I think there is a lot of truth to that. On a football team, it's not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together.
--Bill Belichick

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
--Don Shula

I don't want a player that's content with not playing.
--Don Shula

I could throw open the door of the Tennessee locker room and show you all the inner workings of our program, and you still wouldn’t beat us, if you weren’t willing to outwork us.
--Pat Summitt



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