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Winning is Everything
A good friend of mine was inspired to create this video and post it to YouTube yesterday:
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It's not just the sort of video you should see: it's definitely one you'll want to show to your kids. There's a great lesson to be learned here -- by kids and adults alike.
Still, I'm not sure I agree with the lesson Don imparted at the end -- that "Winning is much more than the final score: it's how you feel at the end of the day!"
I think most people would come up with a different lesson than Don did. What would you say the lesson is from this amazing display of sportsmanship?
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Maybe ... to answer Randy's question ... "feeling good at the end of the day" is inartfully expressed. What I would say is: "When in doubt about what to do, take a Gut Check. If you're going to look back and feel proud, then that's what you do."
The language of "feeling" is squishy and silly; very little in sports or in life should be about "feeling good". But everything you do in life should be something you can be proud of.
Posted by: Randy in Seattle | May 7, 2008 10:43 AM
The point here: It's not who wins or loses, but how you "play" the game. Mallory played the game in a true spirit of sportsmanship.
Posted by: Tom at Tucson, AZ | May 10, 2008 5:34 PM
Wow! What an incredible display of sportmanship (sportspersonship?). Your friend is right in that actions like this by our college student generation bode well for the future of our world.
My only cavil is that the narrator should know a little bit more about the sport he is telling us about - those are "runs" not "points."
Posted by: Bill, Potomac, MD | May 10, 2008 9:24 PM