Got this gem (paraphrased by me) from a fellow cow-orker whilst on a soft skills course:
A department of developers are analogous to a cricket team, as infrastructure/ops support are to a football team. We're a group of specialists, who move together as one, with a common goal of making the business successful. However at the end of the day the batsman still has to hit the ball all by his or herself. The rest of the team can't help them do this.