Teammate Quotes

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It`s no fun watching your friend and teammate get hit back there, and drop back and get hit every other play. I was ticked off more than anything. I was telling some of the offensive linemen that we`ve got to stop this thing before it starts, unlike last year when teams kept teeing off on him. We`ve all got to give him time to throw because if he has time, he`s definitely going to pick defenses apart.

- Jeremy Shockey

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.

- Kobe Bryant

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

- Mia Hamm

We lost a great teammate. But I was also excited because the guys coming in can help us get to where we need to go, and that`s to win a championship.

- Dwyane Wade

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.

- Jim Kerr

I`m pleased that he made that decision. Obviously, I`d love to have him as a (Team USA) teammate because he`s dominant and a competitor. But I think he`s taking the right approach and looking at the big picture.

- Chipper Jones

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you`re ready to play as tough as you`re able to, you`d better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you`re not giving it all you`ve got.

- Larry Bird

He`s too young and stupid to understand what he just did. He`s just a baby. He`s only 20, for crying out loud. -- on Cubs teammate Kerry Wood`s 20 strikeout game 5 May 1998.

- Mark Grace

(Four Ducks players were named to the 2005 Atlantic League Post Season All Star Team. Outfielder Henry Rodriguez was selected after winning the regular season batting title and setting a new Ducks single season record for home runs. Second Baseman Carlos Hernandez was chosen after finishing second in the batting title race behind his teammate. Also recognized were pitchers Lance Davis and Todd Erdos. This season, Davis won the most games in a single season by a Ducks pitcher and also became the all-time wins leader in franchise history, while Erdos, in the role of closer, led the Atlantic League with 32 saves on the season.) We are very proud of these four guys, ... They put together exceptional seasons and led us to the post season for the second straight year.

- Michael Hirsch

He`ll bend over backwards for a teammate. He`ll do whatever it takes. I mean, he`s a senior on the scout team. He`s busting his butt every day. You don`t find that much around the country.

- Paul Davis

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.

- Roy Clark

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.

- Tom Jackson

It`s really nerve-wracking. You`re just waiting, watching your teammate trying to beat the person, trying to keep ahead. You`re waiting for your turn and you get nervous, go numb until it`s your turn and you dive in the water.

- Jessica Moore

I`m a big Steve Nash fan, have been since he`s been in the league. I wanted to play with Amaré (Stoudemire) and Jimmy (Jackson, a Miami teammate). It was the fit and the opportunity to be alongside Kurt Thomas and Amaré. They made a great run, especially during the regular season. It definitely helped to have a great chance of getting out of the West and making a championship run.

- Brian Grant

The thing is, the whole thing stems from Gilbert telling them not to put me in the game. I didn`t come to practice because I was going to be a distraction. I was going to slap ... him. I`ll admit it, what I did was wrong -- not showing up was wrong -- but I ain`t saying what I would`ve done if I showed up would`ve been right. Being that I didn`t show up I didn`t put my hands on nobody. How a teammate, a supposed friend, would go to a coach and tell him don`t put me in a game, I would`ve done something seriously wrong to him.

- Kwame Brown

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

- Kwame Brown

I`ll admit it, what I did was wrong - not showing up was wrong - but I ain`t saying what I would`ve done if I showed up would`ve been right. Being that I didn`t show up I didn`t put my hands on nobody. How a teammate, a supposed friend, would go to a coach and tell him don`t put me in a game, I would`ve done something seriously wrong to him.

- Kwame Brown

I know it`s going to be emotional for everyone, because Fred is such a great friend and such a great teammate. Aside from the emotion, it`s going to be happiness. Because circumstances were such that, hey, the organization made a decision and that`s just the way it goes. There`s no hard feelings, either way.

- Mark Madsen

The teams that do the best job of putting personal agendas aside are the successful teams. It`s not easy. That`s why it`s hard being a good teammate, but everyone has that choice.

- Ray Allen

You don`t want your teammate to be hurt, first and foremost. It`s a balance, because you want to play, you want to be the guy in there but you want all the guys to be healthy, and you want what`s best for the team. We`ll see how that goes as the week goes on and see what happens.

- Tommy Maddox

(Though Coughlin publicly finalized her decision this weekend, she told teammate Jenny Thompson about it at a photo shoot in New York last month. That eases the road for Thompson, one of the medal favorites in the 100 fly at the trials.) I was like, `Wow, thanks,` ... I was surprised, really, but she does have other choices to make.

- Jenny Thompson

A.J. is A.J.. People love to hate him. They don`t realize he plays hard. That`s what I admire about any teammate.

- Carl Everett

That`s the way I play, ... I like to push the ball and attack the rim and put as much pressure on the defense as I can. Sometimes you get to the line and sometimes you can break the defense down and get a teammate an easy basket. Either way it`s a good result for us.

- Antonio Daniels

I also thought I`d get a call (when former teammate Bryan Trottier was hired as New York Rangers coach in 2002). The reason was, I remember having umpteen conversations with Bryan, having roomed with him for 10 years, that went, `One of these days, Mike, we`re going to take a team and do it our way.` I`ve found out since from Bryan (who was fired in his first season) that he wasn`t going to be given that chance.

- Mike Bossy

It was a terrible piece of bad luck for Canizares... and I am certainly not happy because a teammate has been injured,

- Iker Casillas

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.

- Jim Anderson

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.

- David Parsons

I want to end on a really good note. I want to be a good teammate, a good leader and a good friend. I want to leave knowing that I`ve made an impact on the team.

- Tiffany Lee

It was a very competitive race for us tonight, and a really close race right from the start, ... We came away with a 6th-place finish and were only 3.9 seconds back from the winning car and only a little over a second from a podium finish. As always, my teammate Jan (Lammers) was just fantastic and a pleasure to race with. The team`s performance was outstanding as well.

- Milka Duno

If you play up on her she beats you. If you play off of her, she just kills you on dribble penetration. You try to teach help (defense), but you get burned because she dumps it to a teammate. She`s got great court vision. She is the quarterback, she gets them running.

- Natalie Woods

(Manager Terry Francona saluted both, saying Embree was) a big part of what happened here, ... one of the best guys and a good teammate.

- Mark Bellhorn

I was watching John, I thought he was the strongest. The Gerolsteiner rider... I think he was playing! I just raced with him in Germany where he had the King of the Mountains for a day or two. I know it was touch-and-go and I know his teammate was working hard. We had been out there a long time.

- Jason McCartney

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.

- Andre Carrier

You shouldn`t just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

- Andres Araya

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

- Andrew Sharnov

I`m not going to be able to play and all I can do is support my team, ... That`s what you do as a teammate; you help your team out. There`s still a role that I can play in our success in winning this game. It might not be on the field Sunday, but it could be on the sideline.

- Anne Bremner

I gotta go with my teammate.

- Anthony Gershlick

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.

- Anthony Grabiner

A teammate`s a teammate whether he`s a freshman or not. It doesn`t matter if we know him as a best friend or just as a recruit coming in. We`re there for him. John`s got a quiet personality to begin with so it`s hard to judge, but I think he`s holding up all right.

- Anthony Spier

Somebody`s dream was taken away. I try to put myself in those shoes, and I can`t. I really try, and I can`t. He`s still a part of us and he`s with us. In our minds, he`s an Olympian. He`s our teammate.

- Antonio Garza

A good teammate and could always make you laugh, even something ain`t going right.

- Art Spinella

I`m really excited to be racing in Grand Am Cup this year. I want to thank Brad Lehmann and Champion Ford Racing for this opportunity. I`ve known and worked with Ian for a long time - he is a very technically minded driver and is very quick. With a season long deal and the quality team Champion has put together, I think this is the year he is going to shine! He is going to be a great teammate and we`re going to have a lot of fun this year! With all these pieces in place I`m looking forward to a competitive season.

- Artemus Ward

I don`t mind when they burp and spit around me, ... It tells me they think of me as their teammate.

- Arthur Travers

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.

- Audrey Thibodeaux

He`s awesome. First and foremost, he`s a great person and a great teammate. He`s very supportive when I get down on myself. (All of our veterans) have been successful professionals for a long time. I tell you, even if you had success in college, you have to listen to them.

- Bao Tong

(Ryan Langerhans took a phone call the other night from former minor league teammate Matt Belisle (dealt to Cincinnati in 2003), who was asking for some explanation. In some ways, the phenomenon still eludes the rookie outfielder.) I don`t know, ... Early on, you try to figure out a reason for it, but I think it just breaks down to that all these young guys are good and everybody works hard and they`re confident. I think that`s a big thing right now, that they`ve had some early successes and we all feel like we can play at this level and keep this streak going.

- Barb Macgillivray

She`s a trooper. She`ll push through the hard times and keep going for the team. '¦ She`s always happy and never lets her emotions get in the way. She`s a good teammate.

- Barbara Baker

Naturally, I want to show up well against my teammate.

- Barbara Burch