How To Know You Are A Team Player

You know you are a team player when:

• You realize fulfilling your role, whatever that role is, is most important
• You have a desire to excel for the benefit of those relying on you
• You have an unquenchable need to exceed your past limitations
• You play and know, without a doubt, that you competed like a champion
• You understand your commitment to your teammates
• You finish playing and only your body leaves the floor—your heart and soul are captured within the game
• You will exchange your blood, sweat, and tears for the benefit of the team
• You understand the irrelevance of individual awards
• You would rather encourage a teammate to success than benefit personally from his mistakes
• Your respect for the game outweighs your personal pride
• You make mistakes and use them to improve instead of using them as excuses
• Your ability to make your teammates better increases each time you play
• You do the little things right when nobody is watching
• You serve your teammates with unselfish motives\
• You understand your role and strive to perform it better
• You have done all you can and still feel you haven’t done enough
• You play with pain without creating a scene
• You give more than what is asked and take less than what is deserved
• Your effort is constant and your play is consistent regardless of the situation.

---Adapted from the book A Season In Words

A Season In Words by Dan Spainhour

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