fm115+Winning+is+Everything

//** The Winning Rewards **//

Some people may think that as long as you had fun, you won the game. Well the fact is, you didn't. Some people may play a game just for enjoyment. Not me. Some people may think that winning isn't everything. But I believe that people should stop slacking around at their matches, games, tournaments, and meets, and should instead realize how winning is everything!

To begin with, winning is everything because it will raise your self esteem by a lot. While it's true that just playing the game is fun, you have to admit, winning the game is a whole lot better. Not only does this make you feel better about yourself, but it will also make you feel more dominant than others, and that people look up to you as a great player. Winning can also save you from harsh consequences, like death or from being forced under someones control. An example of this is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, when Harry and Voldemort have a battle to the death. If Harry hadn't won, he and many other people would have been harmed. Another example is about George Washington giving us our independence. If he hadn't won the important battles, we might not be sitting here today, and would instead be controlled by the United Kingdom. Sometimes winning will make you more popular. For example, you could go from sitting behind the garbage can in the lunch room to wining the basketball championship game and sitting at the popular table with all of the football players and cheerleaders. From one simple game, winning could make you go from a nerd to a jock in no time. That's got to make you fell pretty good about yourself.

One of my personal favorite reasons of why winning is everything are the rewards. While playing soccer one day, I just couldn't make a goal. I was running around the field lazily and bored. So then my dad pulled me aside at half time and said, "I'll give you five dollars every time you make a goal." So I made him shake on it, and by the end of the game he owed me twenty dollars! Thanks to my goals, we won the game. Not only is it nice to get rewards, but being offered one will make up play much better. Some people might think that rewards will make you try hard once once and then get lazy, but I disagree. If you profit for doing hard work once, then you will want more rewards, and try even harder each time to get them.

Winning can also greatly help you in your career later on. But if you do want winning to help your career, you have to work extra hard. Take Harry Houdini as an example. He always had to be the best at magic and escape acts and always had to keep his name in the headlines, otherwise he wouldn't make any money. To start your career, you could earn a college scholarship by being excellent at what you do. Some people may think that it is unfair for people who get worse grades than they do to go to a great college for free, but I believe that it is fair. They are only getting the worse grades because they are spending all of their time practicing having the determination to be the best at what ever they do. And if you do get to a great college and go on to playing professional games, matches, and meets, being famous can definitely help your career by getting you money from selling different things about you. For example, Lionel Messi, who plays for Argentina National Team and FCBarcelona, is a world famous soccer player. Not only does he make money from playing soccer matches, but also from being sponsored by companies that sell clothes, toys, and even lunch boxes.

Even though you might think that is fun to just participate in a game, you will understand why winning is everything after you have had your first victory. Like Vince Lombardi, an old coach of the Green Bay Packers, once said, "If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?" You may be satisfied if you score one goal in your soccer game, but you will feel even better when you win the game for your team. Would you really rather loose a championship game and say you had fun, or win the championship, have fun, become rich and famous, and get a college scholarship? For their own good, people should not just have fun at their games and tournaments, but should instead have a great time and win!