Team Communication Quotes

At around 50 employees, you get to the point where you can't see what's going on all the time. So you start to have weekly check-ins, and you have days that go by without knowing exactly what's going on.

For one thing, my English isn't fantastic, and communicating in the dressing room is not always easy.

Every small group has at least one 'difficult' person in it. If you don't immediately recognize who that person is -- it's probably you!

I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

This whole huddle thing really pisses me off.

Too many cooks spoil the broth

I speak all my languages basically every day with the people in the dressing room, and it's a pleasure to be able to do so. On the pitch, if it's a group of players I'm trying to communicate with, then I use English because you need to make sure everyone understands what you are saying.

If your offensive and defensive lines are speaking and people are listening, you've got a very good chance of success.

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.

That's kind of something we - my team and I - text each other a lot. Anytime something great happens, we're like, 'Hey, look, the song's #17. Boom!'

I am slightly better at sleeping now during Test matches. I have a diary and I write things down, which helps. I write about decisions, a lot about opposition and stuff I want to say to the team so I am clear on the message I want to give.

I can talk with my team-mates, understand them and it's better for understanding the coaching staff and the game itself. If someone's making a run and they shout for the ball, I know now.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

Obviously, people in the media speak a lot when things aren't going right, but we as players do communicate with each other. Maybe it doesn't come across as being loud on the pitch - and you don't see it as much - but we do speak when things aren't going as well as planned.

I think as a team we do OK with this because we are new and we need the drivers so we appreciate more if they do good for us than an established team, because you know it all and you know this environment here, it's like 'it cannot be me, it must be the driver'.

We've actually got a Chelsea loan WhatsApp group. The loan department set it up. Sometimes it drains your battery when everyone is messaging each other.

My team calls all the shots out of the ring, I call them in the ring.

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.

I want us to be a connected team-on and off the field.

To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction.

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.

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

You can only really yell at the players you trust.