# there's no I in team

> English word · Proverb

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/there-s-no-i-in-team