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Is Winning Everything?

Some people may think that winning is the only thing you need to do to succeed in life? Well guess what, it isn’t. Just because it feels good to win, doesn’t mean that you should brag about it and make others feel bad. Even if it’s a huge competition, don’t go around bragging about how the person is to slow, he can never catch you. Maybe you should think of others, not just you. There is no I in team. Winning isn’t everything.

You may hear people say, “Winning isn’t everything,” but next thing you know, they start bragging that his team is the best, just because of him, or that he is the only person who can, score points in any sport. I’m guessing those people never heard about good sportsmanship. Think about Michael Jordan, he is one of the best NBA players of all time, and he doesn’t go around bragging about scoring the buzzer beater winner. He also passes the ball. Not like Allen Iverson who hogs the ball every single time he has a chance to. Which is like every time.

What about those people that scream every time for not passing it to that person, or not doing the right thing. Especially if you are on a rec team. I mean most of these kids just join rec sports just for fun. And all you hear is your coach yelling at everybody. I had a coach who would yell every second, that I couldn’t tell people where to go when I kick out a goal kick, since I am goalie. I mean what if the same thing happens when I get to college, maybe there will be scouts in the stands looking at me waiting to see if I can communicate with my teammates, but I can’t because my coach is screaming as loud as the Tunguska Meteor. After the game if we lose, he will say winning isn’t everything. Then when we have practice, he will make us run laps around the field for losing, and not communicating.

What I’m trying to say here is that winning isn't everything. As Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning isn’t everything, but the will to winning is.” What that means is that Winning isn’t everything, but the will is. Michael Jordan also once said “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” This means that he missed a lot of shots lost a lot of games, and people always want him to score the game winning shot. Imagine if this many people only want him to have the ball.

You should never scream or make people feel bad. Even if its the end the world. You should think about others. Kind of like a team that helps the other team. Winning is not the first thing you need to do before you die. IT might be up there, but it shouldn’t be the first.

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