there's no I in team

proverb

Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.

    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.

    2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg)

Origin

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

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APA

there's no I in team. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20no%20I%20in%20team

MLA

“there's no I in team.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20no%20I%20in%20team. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “there's no I in team,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20no%20I%20in%20team.

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