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An NBA champion's advice on being a top teammate | Shane Battier

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🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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What if the secret to success isn’t being in the spotlight, but making everyone else around you shine? Former NBA player Shane Battier shares how his most impactful moments didn’t come from scoring points but rather from small, underrated actions that helped his team win — and why prioritizing "we" over "me" can create a lasting legacy, both on and off the court.

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We often celebrate the big wins, the things in the spotlight, that we can see.

0:56.2

But what about the less measurable actions that lead to those wins? For former NBA player,

1:01.7

Shane Boutier, winning is actually all about what you do when you don't have the ball. In his 24 talk, he shares why his mantra is the power of we over me and how for him the most important

1:09.4

question is, how do I elevate others when the spotlight

1:13.6

isn't on me? That's coming up.

1:16.6

What if I could tell you that the biggest impact that you can make happens outside the spotlight, not by sitting at the head of the table

1:33.5

or leading the parade. What if I told you that you could influence an entire symphony without

1:40.6

ever picking up the conductor's wand? Or in my case, what if I told you

1:48.0

you could have the most powerful change in a basketball game,

1:52.0

not when the ball's in your hands, but by what you do when it's not?

1:57.0

Is that an absurd question to ask?

2:05.6

You see, on the road to the NBA,

2:12.2

where I was a starter for the back-to-back world champion Miami Heat just down the road, yes, yes, yes, yes.

2:17.0

Do you know how many hours I practiced?

2:19.3

Thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of hours.

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