The key ingredient to stardom is the team.

The Star of the Team Is the Team.

We are all star stuff.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

The most important ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with other people.

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that's teamwork.

The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.

The synergy of a group is as important — if not more important — than the talent of the individuals.

To be a superstar, you must do something exceptional. Not just survive the Dip, but use the Dip as an opportunity to create something so extraordinary that people can’t help but talk about it, recommend it, and, yes, choose it.

Characteristics of a Team Player We all fit into different niches. Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our own individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Thus, I valued a player who cared for others and could lose himself in the group for the good of the group. I believe that quality makes for an outstanding player. It is also why the best players don’t always make the best team. I mean by this that a gifted player, or players, who are not team players will ultimately hurt the team, whether it revolves around basketball or business. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

A player who is working hard and productively for the group shouldn’t receive the same treatment as someone who is offering less. And while each and every person on your team fills a role and performs a function, some of those roles and functions are filled by people much harder to replace than others. It would be naïve to suggest that a superstar in your organization — a top producer — won’t receive some accommodations not afforded others. This is not a double standard but rather a fact of life. Those small accommodations, however, must not apply in areas of your basic principles and values or they will soon be replaced by the perception that favoritism and special treatment are the norm.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I’ve noticed and interesting thing. When some star players are interviewed after a game, they say <i> we</i>, they are part of the team and they think of themselves that way. When others are interviewed, they say <i> I </i> and they refer to their teammates as something apart from themselves - as people who are privileged to participate in their greatness.