there's no I in team

English

Etymology

Involving wordplay with I (pronoun) and the fact that there is no letter i in the word team.

Pronunciation

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Proverb

there's no I in team

  1. Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.
    • 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):
      As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.

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