Winning is the only thing

Randy Roberts and James Olsen are exploring the world of sports since the end of the Second World War, in their book "The only thing winning: the American sports since 1945". Their book covers various aspects of sports, from athletes and management to fans and media. First of all, the author clearly distinguishes pre-war sports perspectives and postwar performances. This book tells astonishing changes in American sports after the war. The goal of sports before the Second World War was consistent with the original idea of ​​such movement.

"Probably the best sports summary of the American sports culture and business impacts and TV, comercialism, nationalism, narcissism distortion ... ambitious overview, victory is the only one dealing with political and cultural themes and , Especially many other topics in books targeting general and academic audiences. "

What did you win for people who continue to believe that victory is the only thing I ask? Is it just a team with more scores on the scoreboard at the end of the game? Does victory take precedence over my beliefs, family, education, the country, life, happiness when using the word "one thing"? According to these terms I think that everyone agrees that victory is not unique. Winning gives people positive, empowered feelings. But it also can bring worst people just like me, relatively quiet people become absurd when losing a small volleyball game. We can not exaggerate the importance of victory and should not impair the value of failure.

"Winning is not everything, it is unique." "What is the most important thing to win a sport?" It is as old as sports itself, but it is still not decisive. Answer The simple answer to this question is as follows. It is different. The 4th - 6th grade basketball that I instructed is quite different from the plan for teaching high school and university baseball. However, I think that victory in sports is the most important thing, from Three Way Ball to American Major League Baseball, Pop Warner Football, and NFL.

Vincent Lombardi's famous' Victory is not the most important thing - this is the only thing, 'unfortunately it's too many athletes' motto. Victory is important, sports should be taken seriously and should be done, but so far victory is not unique. It is very important for competition to transfer all the things you have and 100% of your effort into practice. The team that puts everything they have in the game and outputs losers has a lot to be proud of except the team who first entered but only worked to some extent. Over the years, many teams have lost important matches because of several inches, pitch, or 'bad luck' strike, but these teams have lost, but they participated in the next game and made a percentage . One hundred months Last month, at Mayor's Cup's 10K and 5K competitions held at Erie, three state competitors participated. Trophies and medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd player.