Have respect without fear for every opponent and confidence without cockiness in regard to yourself and your team. Think all of the time. Study your opponent and yourself all of the time for the purpose of increasing your effectiveness and diminishing his. 4. Never be a spectator while in the game. Be doing something at all times, even if it is only being a decoy.
Teamwork is essential.
Unselfish team play and team spirit are the foremost essentials for a successful team. Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoy the thrill from a tough battle. Here's to Shane Battier and Mike Dunleavy, Loren Woods and Richard Jefferson, and all their mates, for displaying the fierce, simple wisdom that makes for great basketball. Todd Boyd and Kenneth Shropshire consider what makes basketball matter.