Came across a great and touching article by Steve Kelley (Seattle Times) on the indescribable bond that true teammates share long after the game is over. Here are a few excerpts…
“Good teammates don't leave ever. They separate, but they're never apart. They stay together long after the last hurrahs.
There is a unique and enduring quality to the relationships of teammates. There is a bonding kind of sixth sense that comes from all the hours in the gym and all the days in hotels.
It comes from all of the joys and disappointments, the thousands of indelible moments that happen away from the bright lights of game night.”
“When you share that much blood, sweat and tears with the same people for four years, there's no way that you can lose sight of them... We all know what it took to get through all those tough moments. The friendships that develop just kind of come naturally.”
“Playing on a team is the part where you learn to be teammates, but at the same time, it's where you're learning how to be friends and how to be family…When you become teammates, you become family.”
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