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It takes a team.
A combination of diverse talents united for the common good.
A team.
No one person is solely responsible for winning a game, let alone a title. No, it takes a collective effort of sweat, hope, and determination that culminates in one moment of unbridled joy. Ecstasy unrestrained. A picture perfect snapshot of a moment in time to last a lifetime.
Teamwork has undeniably been both the foundation and fabric of this entire season. When someone failed or was befallen by injury, another was there to help pick him up and dust him off to continue the battle. Win or lose, the battle on the diamond was determined by individual parts culled together to create something wholly magnificent. And for their efforts 100 wins stood at the threshold waiting patiently to deservedly greet this team.
“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” Not that they’ve trained themselves not to say “I,” they don’t think “I.” They think “we,” they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it. But “we” gets the credit. This is what creates trust and enables the team to get the task done.” – Peter Drucker
So, as he has for the past 10 seasons, Tony again set out last spring to lead them. Unheralded, brushed aside or unjustly labeled by those that determine such things, our Cardinals assembled and set one goal: To win. To prove “them” wrong. More important, to prove to themselves that not only did they belong, but that they had no intention on being followers, but leaders. Leaders led by a man with a vision, determination, and desire rivaled only by those he had chosen to lead.
“We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone. Whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something special.” – Sandra Day O’Connor
And so it comes to this.
Battered, but not beaten.
Down, but not out.
Unjustly labeled by those who spew words of disbelief in hopes of swaying the belief in others.
And here, now, in what many believe is the end, it’s the part each person plays, their link in the chain, that defines just how strong the bond ultimately will be.
So, regardless of the outcome, rest assured that if one of our beloved again fails to come through, another will be there to pick him up, dust him off, and inspire him to hold his head high because his failure is everyone’s failure…as is his success. And it is that success, too often married with episodes of painful failure, that determine the heart and soul and desire of a team.
My team. Your team. Our team.
This team.
Because noone ever does it alone.
Go, Cards!
A combination of diverse talents united for the common good.
A team.
No one person is solely responsible for winning a game, let alone a title. No, it takes a collective effort of sweat, hope, and determination that culminates in one moment of unbridled joy. Ecstasy unrestrained. A picture perfect snapshot of a moment in time to last a lifetime.
Teamwork has undeniably been both the foundation and fabric of this entire season. When someone failed or was befallen by injury, another was there to help pick him up and dust him off to continue the battle. Win or lose, the battle on the diamond was determined by individual parts culled together to create something wholly magnificent. And for their efforts 100 wins stood at the threshold waiting patiently to deservedly greet this team.
“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” Not that they’ve trained themselves not to say “I,” they don’t think “I.” They think “we,” they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it. But “we” gets the credit. This is what creates trust and enables the team to get the task done.” – Peter Drucker
So, as he has for the past 10 seasons, Tony again set out last spring to lead them. Unheralded, brushed aside or unjustly labeled by those that determine such things, our Cardinals assembled and set one goal: To win. To prove “them” wrong. More important, to prove to themselves that not only did they belong, but that they had no intention on being followers, but leaders. Leaders led by a man with a vision, determination, and desire rivaled only by those he had chosen to lead.
“We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone. Whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something special.” – Sandra Day O’Connor
And so it comes to this.
Battered, but not beaten.
Down, but not out.
Unjustly labeled by those who spew words of disbelief in hopes of swaying the belief in others.
And here, now, in what many believe is the end, it’s the part each person plays, their link in the chain, that defines just how strong the bond ultimately will be.
So, regardless of the outcome, rest assured that if one of our beloved again fails to come through, another will be there to pick him up, dust him off, and inspire him to hold his head high because his failure is everyone’s failure…as is his success. And it is that success, too often married with episodes of painful failure, that determine the heart and soul and desire of a team.
My team. Your team. Our team.
This team.
Because noone ever does it alone.
Go, Cards!
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