The people must fit together and work together as a well-oiled, single piece of complex machinery. All must professionally carry out their functions and appreciate the output of the organization as the sum of their individual efforts. The status of the group depends on the character of their own personal contributions. In the proper context, he's absolutely right. I'll go again to the football analogy for an example.
All teams are close in quality because of the draft, player trades, etc.
It would seem the teams that go on to play in the championships get there due to pure mathematical chance. Of course, that isn't the case. If you are content with merely satisfactory results, you and your unit will never be winners or commendable achievers. The recipe for winning organizations includes massive amounts of skilled teamwork and tremendous quantities of an ingredient called the craving to win. Without liberal doses of each, both the individual players and their organization are merely present for roll call.