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title: "7 Close Team Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Close Team quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Close Team sayings and thoughts."
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> [Sometimes there's too much noise about what's happening, but this is Barcelona - it is a big club. Sometimes people make more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-valverde/sometimes-there-s-too-much-noise-about-what-s-happening-but-this-is/)

[Ernesto Valverde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-valverde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/ernesto-valverde-9192_barcelona_sometimes-there-s-too-much-noise-about-w_11050.jpg)

> [It is really like a family. We are around each other more than we are around anybody else. The time we spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-kaepernick/it-is-really-like-a-family-we-are-around-each-other-more-than-we-are/)

[Colin Kaepernick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-kaepernick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/colin-kaepernick-14897_family_it-is-really-like-a-family-we-are-around_703547.jpg)

> [You can get too close as a team. You need time away from each other. You change in the same dressing room,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-turner/you-can-get-too-close-as-a-team-you-need-time-away-from-each-other/)

[Glenn Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-turner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/glenn-turner-30933_away_you-can-get-too-close-as-a-team-you-need_732811.jpg)

> [I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-mcdavid/i-think-i-m-a-guy-that-can-relate-to-everyone-and-is-fairly-close/)

[Connor McDavid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connor-mcdavid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/connor-mcdavid-5935_focus_i-think-i-m-a-guy-that-can-relate-to-eve_971840.jpg)

> [On the first day that I got to BC I noticed how close the team was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-gaudreau/on-the-first-day-that-i-got-to-bc-i-noticed-how-close-the-team-was/)

[Johnny Gaudreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-gaudreau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/johnny-gaudreau-5438_close_on-the-first-day-that-i-got-to-bc-i-noti_1326759.jpg)

> [Today's baseball players are walking conglomerates. They have fantastic salaries, multiple investments, but we had one thing they don't have today, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-snider/today-s-baseball-players-are-walking-conglomerates-they-have/)

[Duke Snider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-snider/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/duke-snider-33152_ball-player_today-s-baseball-players-are-walking-con_2189418.jpg)

> [Everyone wants to be close to your team. You don't want to have guys that don't feel comfortable in the locker room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-mccaffrey/everyone-wants-to-be-close-to-your-team-you-don-t-want-to-have-guys/)

[Christian McCaffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-mccaffrey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/christian-mccaffrey-6471_close_everyone-wants-to-be-close-to-your-team_2537414.jpg)

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