11.   Then an impressionable rookie, Rodriguez was only doing what his veteran teammates had ordered.

12.   They have also had to put up with the usual ignominies at the hands of their veteran teammates, carrying helmets and other equipment and singing songs on demand.

13.   Veteran teammates have pulled him aside and not just offered advice but tried to get him to believe he is as good as they think he is.

14.   While his veteran teammates took too many unnecessary obstruction and retaliation penalties, the rookie Krzysztof Oliwa led by example, delivering intimidating body checks.

15.   You notice him chatting up the clubhouse guys and veteran teammates like Rod Beck.

16.   The realization that his days in a Buffalo Bills uniform were over hit Bruce Smith hard after he and veteran teammates Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed were released.

17.   The young Finn had been third in Melbourne and fared better in practice and qualifying than his veteran teammate.

18.   The young Finn had been third at the opening race of the season and fared better in practice and qualifying than his veteran teammate.

19.   Tsakalitis just smiled and shrugged when asked about the play, but his veteran teammate Mario Elie said that kind of humiliation should not be tolerated.