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“To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.”

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Author:Oscar Pistorius

“The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.”

Source: Go For The Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life

“Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.”

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Author:John Wooden

“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.”

“I don't like looking at awards everyday because I feel like they can make you lazy. So, I give them to my Mom and let her look at it everyday. They are symbols of the hard work she put into me. Her sacrifices allowed me and my team to win those awards. But I don't look at any awards everyday.”

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Author:Tyra Banks

“Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.”

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Author:Dean Smith

“I always try to sacrifice my body for the team.”

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Author:Troy Polamalu

“I know that sacrifices have to be made to play with good teams.”

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Author:Chris Bosh

“If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.”

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Author:Chris Bosh

“I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.”

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Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel

“A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

“The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.”

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Book:Life on the Run

Source: Life on the Run

“On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.”

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Author:Red Holzman

“Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.”

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Author:Charlie Finley

“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.”

“Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our Nation, will be in great shape for a long time to come as these people continue to grow and assume greater positions of responsibility.”

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Author:James T. Conway