The book for my management class, Developing Management Skills, has many quotes in the margins of the book. Here are some good ones from the “teams” chapter.

“A camel is a horse put together by a committee.”
–Unknown

“If you see a snake, just kill it. Do not appoint a committee on snakes.”
–Ross Perot (former US Presidential candidate)

“As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.”
-Knute Rockne (football coach)

“We didn’t have the twenty best guys. We had the twenty right guys.”
–Herb Brooks (1980 US hockey team coach)

“I have never put players’ names on the back of their jerseys because I was under the impression they were playing for the name on the front.”
–Bob Knight (college basketball coach)

“Don’t make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions.”
–Don Miguel Ruiz

Thomas Watson, found of IBM, was once asked,
“Mr Watson, how many people do you have working for you?”
His response: “About half.”