“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.”

—  John Wooden

Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000), IBM Linux Commercial: The Prodigy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ozaFbqg00#t=15.3s (2003)

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