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=Winning Is Not Everything = = = =When you win you feel like you have accomplished a goal, but when you don't win you can still accomplish goals as well. Winning shouldn't be your top priority. Your top priority should be to have fun and try your best at the sport not to win. Some people become braggers which isn't a good thing, but some people may also become sore losers which is also a bad thing. People don't like to be friends with people who brag but people also don't want to be friends with a sore loser because they can just whine and whine at you. Braggers just think it's all about them and all they do is say how amazing they are and hoe much better they are than everyone else.  When you think about it all that's really important is having fun and working hard. = = = =Although you get a sense of happiness when you win, you can feel happy when you lose too because you still had fun playing the sport. When you don't win your friends are will support you the whole time the competition is happening your having fun with your friends laughing and enjoying each other. Some people say why would you compete if you don't want to win or don't care if you win or not and I say that you compete because that is what you love to do or you wouldn't be participating in it. Sometimes I ask myself why am I doing gymnastics if i'm not going to the Olympics and I always stop my self by saying I do gymnastics because it is my passion and it's what I love to do. My friend Meghan sits at the award ceremony sometimes and says, " Why should I be here it's not like I am going to place any ways?" We all stop her and say, "Meghan it's okay this was a hard meet and not everyone on our team placed so it's okay that you didn't win!"  If you don't win your family will still be cheering for you and being in a way your cheerleaders. Having fun playing the sport you are competing should be more important to you than winning a medal, an award, or a title. = = = =Even though you get a reputation for winning something, some times it's another person's turn to win and you need to acknowledge that. Think!  "If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score,? said Vince Lombardi.  You need to realize that in life you can't win everything so when you don't win you should be happy and congratulate the winner. When you win, you feel a sense of relief that the competition is over and you did a really great job, but when you don't win you just have to say to yourself it was the other person's time to shine and be done. Some people get really angry when they don't win; however, maybe it wasn't your day and you were having a bad day. You should be happy for the person that wins and think it was just not your day today and go on with life. = = = =When you get upset about loosing it may take your focus away from things that should not only come before the activity but come way before losing. You may have accomplished your goals at the sport, but when you think about it if you lose and get all upset you will not want to do your homework. For that reason you will not study or work hard in school so your grades will go down a lot. If you don't study you will get bad test grades which usually make up more of your grade than quizzes or homework. Not winning and sulking about losing just leads you to bad grades so even if you lose be happy for participating and don't cry over losing. = = = =Losing is good because it makes you work harder when you are at practice. You will want to win and you can win now that you took your loss and worked harder at practice. If you lose it will not only make you practice harder but you will also want to practice more meaning loner hours. Even though if you win you can get a scholarship to a very good college, if you try your best all the time you can reach your goals and possibly get a scholarship. Losing can actually make you stride for your goals and if you work hard you can reach them and complete them which leads you to set higher goals for yourself. = = = =Sometimes the losers don't get a reward, but when you lose it shows your weaknesses which will lead you to try harder next time and you might win and get a reward. It splits in half, half of the world thinks that winning is everything and the other half thinks it is not.  Would you want to be friends with a bragger? Would you want to be friends with a sore looser? No, because they always nag at you. Winning is fun and all, but the truth is when your competing your mind shouldn't be focused on winning it should be focused on having fun, trying your best, and working hard. = = = Go Back To My index Page