There are a wide variety of teams in society; sports teams, work teams, debate teams, etc. There are many key qualities that are essential in the development of a successful team; including things like (but not limited to): teamwork, communication, sportsmanship, ethics, trust, inclusion, commitment, goals, responsibility, accountability, vision, etc.
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| Gophers star Marqueis Gray |
Here is Marqueis Gray's response to a series of questions about success and leading a successful team.
MG – Discipline, Character, Trust, Hard work, and Pride
How would you define those qualities in your own words?
MG – Discipline is being able to do things the right way, being in control of your own actions, bring respectful and responsible. Character is representing yourself in a proper manner as if you were interviewing for a job plus being a great teammate. Also being MATURE. Trust - each guy on the field has to believe in the player next to them in order for things to go right. Off the field they have to look after and protect each other like brother’s. Hard work - a team that doesn’t work hard is not a team. Working hard is the key to building the confidence in the players and glue to holding the team together in the 4th quarter when they are tired and beat up. (both physically and mentally). Pride - is everyone with a uniform on playing together for the name on the “FRONT” of the jersey and not the “BACK”. Listening to each other, not cheating themselves, taking steps forward and not steps back.
Can you give a specific example of how you have exemplified each quality in a previous experience?
MG – These qualities are what showed up in those last two games of the season last year, and so far still remain with us in our conditioning workouts. I can say that there were more qualities but these are the ones that I feel mattered the most in “MY EYES”.
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