Virgil van Dijk Quotes

It's normal for a team to have low moments.

I know what I do well, and I know what I can do with other people.

On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you're vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who's over there behind your back.

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can't control or fix everything on your own.

It is always difficult when there is a lack of confidence and a lack of belief but it can be good for me to see the reaction of the team in a difficult time.

You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.

A strong working relationship requires every participant to be on the same page.

And a pick and roll in the women's game is a pick and roll on the men's game... I mean, character, working for each other - trusting your teammates. That stuff, that's universal.

I want a strong team-mate and one that is challenging me.

I would just say that human beings are stronger together. Relying on someone else is not a sign of weakness; it shows strength that you're able to accept that you need help.

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

A good team needs time to play together.

Some people get on better with some than others but what is absolutely crucial is that everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and trust that your team-mate is going to do their best for the team.

When I work with other people, I try to make up for their shortcomings with my strengths, and I let others make up for my flaws with their strengths. I try to co-operate with people around me when working in a group. I like to enhance team spirit on set. I try to get everyone involved in the action.

Everybody needs help, even Superman. That's why he had the Justice League.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another. And if that sounds touchy-feely, let me explain, because there is nothing soft about it. It is an absolutely critical part of building a team. In fact, it’s probably the most critical.

When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of the team, it is never new information.

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.