Too often in today's world of sports an athlete's value is judged simply by his personal statistics.
Bennett recruited players who were willing to place teamwork and discipline ahead of personal statistics.
Players were asked if they would be willing to sacrifice personal statistics if the result led to a greater good.
Beside the picture was a summary of height, weight, and other personal statistics.
"I'm not going to get caught up in my personal statistics," he said.
Moon is not complaining about the dip in his personal statistics.
The strongest argument for Williams's value, though, might not be found in his personal statistics.
No other personal statistics were tracked during the 1944-45 basketball season.
And in a game that has led stars to be more concerned with personal statistics, Jackson can reduce his role to simple needs.
He is willing to subjugate his personal statistics for the overall team good.