lp115Winning+Isn't+Everything

Winning Might Be By Sinning

 * When you play sports, everything seems like a competition. Who can get the most goals. Who can run the fastest. Who can swim the fastest. Who can hit the most home runs.Or even, who can eat the most. But, that is not what it's all about. At least to me anyway.** **I believe that winning is not everything.**


 * You know when people say, I don't care what I have to do to get to the top. That normally involves cheating. In fact, some coaches even tell their team to cheat. Can you believe that? I know that it feels good when you win, how ever cheating your way to the top is completely unfair. Not to mention that you would have to carry that on your shoulders for the rest of your life. Would you be able to do that?**


 * Many people might think that winning is everything, but it's not. For example, lets say that a little boy dreams of being a professional hockey player.** So, he persevered through all of the pain, doubts, and withought very much socialization **. Although, in the process, he just blows off school work. What would happen if he didn't win? Now, he could be a twenty five year old man, and has no job. In fact he might have done something permanent, and have nothing to do for a living because he didn't do well in school. Look, I am not trying to say don't follow your dreams, but in the mean time,** concentrate **on your school work.**


 * One of my most important reasons is friendship. You might make a few friends after you win a game, like the popular crowd, but would they be your friends for the write reasons? What happens if you have just come to this new high school. Your really into sports, so you join the football team. At your next game, you guys win. YAY TOUCH DOWN! After that, everyone wants to be your friend.** Not wanting to make everyone think you have an ego, you accept their friendship and ignore your old ones. **Do you think that these people would still want to be your friends? I know I wouldn't. Even though, you might get some new friends, it is still VERY important to keep the old ones in mind**


 * So, after reading my essay what do you think. Is winning everything, or is it not. Even though it might feel really great when you win, it's not the most important thing in the world. For example** ** Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace proved that winning wasn't everything. They helped one girl get through every single base after she hit a home run, the ** impaired ** her knee in the process, causing her soft ball career to end. This girl's name is Sara Tucholsky. Any way Mallory had the most home runs in her entire team, yet she helped this girl who had only gotten one in her entire soft ball life. Liz and Mallory actually carried Sara around the field letting her foot touch each one of the bases. I hope that by now you realize that winning isn't everything. **