This is shown throughout the movie and the book in countless ways. It was first shown in Bleachers, when the team made a pack that no one would speak of what happens in the locker room after there was a conflict between coach rake and Neely Crenshaw at halftime. This is similar to Miracle, because after Coach Herb added a new player to the team, a selected few from the team came and spoke to him about a bond they created and how they became a family. This was another way the two were more similar then different. Finally the reason for them being more similar than different would be the end goal for each team. In the book Bleachers, they were fighting and working hard because they were a high school football team and they wanted to win a state championship. In the movie Miracle, they fought and worked hard because they were an Olympic team made up of the best in the country and they wanted to win a gold medal. Although, one might be more serious than the other, they both worked hard to try and achieve this because it was a goal that their coaches and their players wanted to be proud