Tyler Hamilton Quotes

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

I'm used to the feeling of playing in a team with high individual quality.

Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.

Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

Now, everybody always says there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team. So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.

I don't care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

I have a good team. It's good to have a good team.

One guy can't make a team better.

For me the most important thing is what you can do as a player and a team, not to talk about individual things.

Obviously every team is different, and you don't want to try and be them.

It's really difficult when you don't see much of a team and you're not familiar with how they play.

Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.

Stars don't necessarily make a good team and that is what we must learn.

When the team is doing well, individual performances don't count.

That's when I'm at my best: when I'm surrounded by good players.

If you don't have a cohesive team, you won't have good results.

Not everything, always, is about your performance. It's about the team performance. When the team is not playing well, then normally, you will not play well. It's all about the team.

When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.

Individuals score points, but teams win games.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

It's better to have a great team than a team of greats.

A group of amazingly high achievers can be brought together and play together, and all believe that they are competing for something bigger than themselves. Those players are so used to being patted on the back and told how good they are. Frankly, those are usually the hardest people to remind that they are aspiring to achieve something bigger than themselves.

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