EVEN THE STRONGEST BECOME STRONGER WITH TEAMWORK

Zig Ziglar often shared a story about the Giant Belgian Horse. A breed of horse that can stand 7 feet tall and weight 3,000 pounds. Alone, the Giant Belgian Horse can pull approximately 7000 pounds.

However, harness him to another Giant Belgian and together they can pull over 15,000 pounds. Sounds pretty impressive doesn't it? But, horse trainers have learned that when you teach a team of horses to work (pull) together, rather than trying to pull independently of one another, they can pull up to 25,000 pounds. That's almost double what the same two horses can pull working independently!

Teamwork matters, but just because you have 5 players on the court or 15 on your team doesn’t mean that they are working together. Look at the horses, two of them together produces only slightly more than their sum. The story only becomes interesting when the horses get on the same page and start pulling together as a unit: that’s when the real productivity happens.

(Thanks Better Basketball)