They remember Mackey as an intense competitor, a valued teammate, as a charismatic leader, and as a trusted friend.
Meanwhile, the players continue to celebrate Stringer as a dedicated worker and valued teammate, and try to learn some lessons from his death.
Bryant's stance is commendable, writes J. A. Adande on ESPN.com, as an assist to a valued teammate, but it also shows just how much the Lakers' front office has deteriorated, writes Ken Berger on CBSSports.com.com
Players for this coed Special Olympics team will be selected based on three key factors: their ability to work with and value teammates of all abilities, their commitment to the Play Unified experience and to their fellow teammates, and their understanding of the game and rules of soccer.
"This is meant to help us get ready for the rest of our schedule and do what athletics is supposed to do — teach the value of teammates, teach responsibility and maybe some other life lessons, too".
One item measured students' programming involvement within their teams, through the question "Who is responsible for programming on your team?" For these items, respondents could select any combination of the values "Me", "Teammates," and "Mentor".
Sauer valued the competition for its own sake, the friendships he made, and those moments between teammates when no words were needed.
But the real values come from walking the walk: using values to make decisions, explaining decisions publicly in terms of those values, screening potential teammates for alignment with those values and generally operating in true integrity with them.
All three companies framed their socially responsible approach to business as a competitive advantage, as reflected in Nike's efforts to foster employee diversity: Nike's corporate culture supports diversity of all kinds, and…vehemently protects and values differences among all our teammates… It is one of our strongest competitive advantages (Nike Helps, 2000, para. 1).
The Cerrone-Guillard fight was the first time I saw the value in pushing teammates to face one another beyond the simple economics and mathematics of fight promotion.
