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For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It's about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words - 'I might be wrong.'

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

We're like a family and there's a lot of teamwork to help each other here.

We played a good first half but our execution, defense and our teamwork all started lacking in the second half.

We are absolutely delighted by the successful recovery of the Stardust samples. Years of planning, preparation and teamwork paid off handsomely this morning. We're very proud to have played a role in another of NASA's exciting voyages of exploration and look forward to learning what Stardust will tell us about the origins of our solar system.

We are absolutely thrilled to have Peter join our team at Benchmark. He is a superstar. Peter understands what it takes to build extraordinary companies. His energy, judgment and investment experience, as well as his extensive personal network, will enhance the quality service and teamwork that we pride ourselves on as a firm.

I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.

The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.

Actually, in this instance we do have probably a better tracking system than was the instance in Canada. Because this is a dairy cow, they're all individually tagged.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.

I quite enjoy more teamwork and offering something up into the mix.

I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.

Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what's going on.

We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity, focus on our commonality, and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice.

Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.

Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't.

The one man team is a complete and total myth.

I feel I let my team down today. My heart is bleeding for everybody else. I felt like I should have gotten it done today. That's how it is. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.

In union there is strength.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".

We were very well-prepared, but it's not going to be a breeze. This is a very large, large disaster, and it's going to require a lot of teamwork and patience.

Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace.

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.

No team works out teamwork.

Arsenal are a great team. But we lifted the trophy eight times in 11 years.

Nowadays it is the fashion to pretend that no single individual is ever responsible for a successful advertising campaign. This emphasis on "teamwork" is bunkum - a conspiracy of the mediocre majority.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents. I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and other have gathered the fruits. A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.

I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieved, that you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work and teamwork because no one gets there alone; and that, while we commemorate the... the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.

I think any player will tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego, but if you don't win, it makes for a very, very long season. It counts more that the team has played well.

Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy.

Nobody gets muscles by watching ME lift weights.

Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.

We started out pretty flat. But it's getting easier every game. It takes a lot of teamwork and dedication, but we're bonding now. We'll learn from this one and by the end of the season we should be a pretty good team.

Everybody gave a phenomenal amount of teamwork tonight.

At the time, baseball represented values we were fighting for. Things like democracy and teamwork were so important for us.

The teamwork was there, the great passing was there and the finishing of the great passing. I think everything was clicking.

The talent is better but your teamwork is not.

These athletes embody the Olympic values of teamwork and commitment to excellence, which are integral themes of the Earn Your Stripes program. Not everyone can be an Olympic athlete, but we can all set goals and work hard to be our best.

The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

Brittany has been a rock for us this year, so I told the rest of the team that we are going to have good teamwork and we are going to do this. I think what happened tonight, I'm sorry that happened for her but I have faith that she'll come back and dominate.

The most important part of our team is teamwork and defense we play. Everybody was into it.

That's what we were really excited about at the beginning of the year, the whole teamwork thing and playing more as a team instead of just relying on two people. I think we've stepped up and done that.

Our entire team of elite professional drivers deserves congratulations for their achievements. They have once again distinguished themselves in the area of safety excellence. Our involvement in the National Truck Driving Championships is always special. The team's dedication to safety, their display of professional skill, and the celebration of Roadway pride and team spirit - these represent the strong commitment to safety and teamwork all Roadway employees share.

Teamwork - A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.

Teamwork and never giving up, we just kept moving.

Teamwork is no accident.It is the by-product of good leadership.

We didn't handle their pressure that well tonight. Handling pressure, limiting turnovers and rebounding were the three keys. It isn't often that you lose a game and feel that you took a step forward, but the effort and teamwork were there tonight.

The unity, teamwork and friendships we forged will go on.

This administration has continued the robust and vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws, ... These accomplishments could not have been achieved without teamwork between career attorneys and political appointees.

This crew has a history of working as a team, but the teamwork they showed Aug. 17 was extraordinary and probably saved a deputy's life,

This is a dream come true for a community, to win the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to host a live exhibition game between two Canadian NHL teams. The winners will have to possess outstanding teamwork and community spirit, which is what hockey, and Canada, are all about.

(In music education) you are showing kids about teamwork and individual responsibility.

In an earthquake, the most dangerous place to be is in a tall building that is not flexible. Yet, one of the safest places is a tall building that has been stressed for earthquakes -- - in other words, one that has a deep foundation and is flexible. So, too, over the coming years, large organizations that remain rigid will crumble and fall, while those that succeed in adding flexibility, teamwork and creativity to their cultures will thrive.

In the stages of growing and developing that teamwork and trust for each other on the defensive end of the floor, you have to help them believe that you're going to get there. It's not just the (wins). They can see the results in different possessions. And as they gain confidence possession by possession, they see themselves beating good teams.

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

I want to reorganize and revitalize the strategies of the chamber. I want to focus on working together with the city to bring a positive teamwork approach to all that we do.

The council wants to thank and praise these men for their courageous actions, ... This story makes it apparent that this crew has a remarkable sense of teamwork and the personal integrity to risk their own safety for one another and the community.

Their togetherness, their teamwork was so good. They played a lot better as a team at the end of the first half and in the second half.

I think all of us playing together is the key. I don't think us three in particular is going to determine the whole thing. It depends on all five starters we have, and the whole team working together. Teamwork is the most important thing.

I really believe in teamwork and competitiveness. I want competitive people. I want people who want to win. I am really competitive, almost too competitive. So I really want them to be competitive and have the desire to win.

I just feel like we have developed a great teamwork environment at this university.

He's to be congratulated and commended, especially when you take under consideration that he had such a young team. They really, really exhibited teamwork and unity and played the game the way it's supposed to be played.

It was a big turnaround from the night before. That game really motivated us. Our teamwork was way over the top tonight, and we'll see if we can build on it.

There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.

I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.

The most important thing for us was to get the win. We have had a lot of guys step up lately and our success depends more on teamwork than what one player does.

You want to make sure no one gets hurt, especially in training type situations. So, teamwork is very, very important. That's why we had so many dry runs.

The French played better on key points -- even when we had break points they served perfectly. Our poor teamwork was not the reason for our defeat -- the French pair just played better today.

The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.

People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.

This has been one of those years where we don't have any superstars. We have had good teamwork all year.

This is a great example of international teamwork focused on extending the protection provided by the Aegis BMD Weapon System.

Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.

I guess if a person didn't quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’

Soloist are inspiring in Opera and perhaps even in small entreprenurial ventures, but there is no place for them in large corporations.

A job worth doing is worth doing together.

But was it wrong to put yourself first? That’s called survival, right? If you’re running for your life, you don’t get the luxury of being nice. They were going to learn that. It’s fine to wave the pompoms for teamwork—all for one and one for all—but when push came to shove, these guys wouldn’t be risking their lives for Chloe, maybe not even for each other. I was sure of it. Once things got worse, it would be every kid for himself. It always is.

You only win when you help others win.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

It's just a perfect example of the way Soldiers work and the way our teamwork is. We made it to the starting line together and we had an awesome race. I just came up lucky today and I'm the one that's taking the trophy home.

Atlanta is in for a treat this St. Patrick's Day. The teamwork by all the groups involved has been exceptional, and we have positioned ourselves for a successful and sustainable regional family festival for 2006 and many years to come.

Each of our five starters had a hand in the scoring that opening run. We have a very balanced attack. The unselfishness and teamwork was on display both on offense as well as on defense.

That's something that has not always been my strength. I used to get the ball and hold it until the point guard would come over. Now I have to look up the floor and get the fast break going. It's a definitely change that came through a lot of practice. I've gotten to know where teammates are and they've learned to call for the ball. It's definitely a teamwork type of the thing. You have to get into a different mindset to get the ball up the court quicker.

There was better teamwork and more communication between the girls on the court and the serving improved greatly from Monday's game.

They have fun and they learn about discipline. But they're also going to learn about teamwork and responsibility.

There's a connection between those teams, ... The quarterback in particular plays so much like Joe Montana. New England plays as a group. The Patriots are heavy in teamwork and commitment.