[Taylor]

Gracious Professionalism is declining an alliance invitation without creating hurt feelings or animosity.

Gracious Professionalism is being declined when offering an alliance invitation while realizing that team is doing what it believes is in its best interest.

Gracious Professionalism is watching a team decline another's request at alliance pairing without booing or catcalling.

Gracious Professionalism is being embarrassed at an event by an underperforming catstrophe of a robot, yet standing and applauding for every award because you realize that as hard as you worked that season, the other team must have worked even harder to get their achievements.