gk115+Winning+is+Everything+Essay

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==Do you think that winning is everything? If you do, you need to calm down. Some people feel like if you don't win at everything their life is over. Well I got news for you, it's not! Even though winning makes you feel proud of yourself, however it's not healthy to want to win at everything. It's good to want to win something, but cheating and taking the easy way out to win is just bad. "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something but I can't accept not trying." This quote was said by Michael Jordan and it means that even though sometimes you don't win, don't go home and think of ways to cheat and win next time. Just practice harder and do your best whenever you have to. Kobe Bryant on the LA Lakers didn't cheat to get where he is today. He worked his butt off to gain the respect of other people and he didn't cheat to get it. Kobe got to where he is now by working hard, determination, courage, and love of other people around him. If you cheat now that'll become a habit and it'll lead your life to working at Mcdonalds for 24 hours and getting maybe $30 at most. I propose three reasonable explanations why winning isn't everything.==

==My first reason is that it leads to cheating. I mean think about it, don't you know at least one person that has to cheat to win? I know a lot of people that want to take the easy way out to win something, and it's called being a weasel. For example, if a guy named Kobe is the guard for the Lakers and he grabs the shooter from the Boston Celtics and throws him to the floor, just so he doesn't get the point. That is called cheating. It's also poor sportsmanship. It's having no respect for the other players on the other team. Also, it could lead to players bribing the other team so they could win.==

==Another reason is that some things are more important than winning. For example, schoolwork is way more important than winning some stupid game. Would you rather get a good job when you're older from hard work, or win a game by cheating? I'd pick the good job for sure. Some kids would spend all their time to win something when they could be doing something productive, like community service. Imagine all the kids helping the community instead of focusing on cheating and taking the easy way out.== ==== **You should also think about how kids loose their focus from trying to cheat all the time. You would eventually stop paying attention in school. Because all you could think about was winning at something. Instead of just thinking about winning and how'll you'll cheat your way to get it, go do something more productive. This will probably help get your mind off cheating to win something. Try after school activities like band, soccer, baseball, drama club, etc. Because if all you ever think about is winning, then you'll never get any where, you'll just develop bad habits.** ====

==Some people may think that winning is everything, but if you only focus on winning all the time then you'll want to cheat to get that win. Competition is fun, but it's not always about winning at something. If all you ever want to do in life is win something then enter a contest or something! Stop cheating and trying to take the easy way out. If you're gonna do something then try hard, and that'll be just as good as winning. I love basketball and I play my heart out, but does that mean I go cheat to win? No! In my perspective, winning is not everything, and I hope this has convinced you to think so.==