article on the true spirit of sport
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Athletes should be grounded in their faith and encouraged to engage in prayer and spiritual reading. Historically, sports were considered to be a virtue-making machine. The values that correspond with sports were considered to go hand in hand with those that go into being a person of integrity and faith.
closeToday, however, sports are increasingly associated with violence, drugs, racism and money. Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Super Bowl winning Green Bay Packers football team, spoke for a generation when he said ``winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
This mentality has unfortunately become a large part of sports today. Sports should be a vehicle to develop good character, to make people courageous, generous losers, and gracious victors.
closeToday, however, sports are increasingly associated with violence, drugs, racism and money. Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Super Bowl winning Green Bay Packers football team, spoke for a generation when he said ``winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
This mentality has unfortunately become a large part of sports today. Sports should be a vehicle to develop good character, to make people courageous, generous losers, and gracious victors.
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The True Spirit of Sports
The motive of the Olympics in the ancient times was to bring out the true spirit of sports by uniting together the sports persons of different regions and celebrating the event as a major sports event. The format of the Olympics has changed since then, yet the basic idea behind the sports still remains the same.
The true spirit of sports is not always to win; participation in itself should be the primary persuasion. If a player majorly focusses on winning only, he has left behind the real spirit of sports and is guided by motives of least importance. Performing well and giving one's best should prevail in the sports fields rather than just playing for victory. It is very obvious that one team will lead the scores and win a game and the other will lose. The losing team should take the defeat in right spirit without getting disheartened. Sports teach the real lessons of life like patience, team spirit, decision making and cooperation which altogether weigh much more than just winning.
When winning becomes the prime goal of playing, it leads to malpractices such as taking drugs and steroids, fixing the game and the like. Though there are rules against such malpractices, the overriding aim of winning results in such indulgence. So, all the sports persons should opt for fair play.
The motive of the Olympics in the ancient times was to bring out the true spirit of sports by uniting together the sports persons of different regions and celebrating the event as a major sports event. The format of the Olympics has changed since then, yet the basic idea behind the sports still remains the same.
The true spirit of sports is not always to win; participation in itself should be the primary persuasion. If a player majorly focusses on winning only, he has left behind the real spirit of sports and is guided by motives of least importance. Performing well and giving one's best should prevail in the sports fields rather than just playing for victory. It is very obvious that one team will lead the scores and win a game and the other will lose. The losing team should take the defeat in right spirit without getting disheartened. Sports teach the real lessons of life like patience, team spirit, decision making and cooperation which altogether weigh much more than just winning.
When winning becomes the prime goal of playing, it leads to malpractices such as taking drugs and steroids, fixing the game and the like. Though there are rules against such malpractices, the overriding aim of winning results in such indulgence. So, all the sports persons should opt for fair play.
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