Speech On Teamwork

Michael Jordan once said,” Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Little did I know how hard work and teamwork can make such a difference. Without working together we accomplished nothing, but came out with a hard-earned victory in the end. In the third grade I played baseball for the Downers Grove Park District, playing with all my friends was extremely fun, unfortunately we were the last place team with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses. Our record didn’t stop us from going out on the field every game and trying out best. Teamwork makes the dream work and that’s how we went from the worst team to the champions.

Most of my teammates were friends, but some were complete strangers. Every practice we grew closer together as a team and got to know each player better. A couple of practices later we figured out who was best at which positions. My best positions were pitcher and shortstop. During the practices we all became good friends which made us confident going into our first game. It didn’t end up how we projected. We beat ourselves that game. Rather than feeling in the dumps some of the parents brought some snacks for after the game which always put a smile on our face. We then went on to win the second game as well. To celebrate our win, as young kids, jumping in some mud was the best idea we came up with. 14 kids all jumping in a pile of mud, covered head to toe in it. It was a blast for us, but not the parents who had to wash our uniforms.