Famous basketball player Michael Jordan once said, "There's no 'I' in team." It's based on a pun: when you spell the word "team," you don't use the letter, "I." It is the team as a whole that is important.
His statement became a well-known quote used by coaches and players of every team sport in the country as a motivator and reminder of what is most important about participating in a team sport.
Read the rest of the column in the Sept. 5 Advance.
