kb115+Winning+is+Not+Everything

So What, We Didn't Win
===When not winning, you can improve from your mistakes. Not winning may help you set higher goals. Say if I won, I may think that I can slack off and not practice. If you do not win you will probably work even harder than you did last time, in order to win. To win, you need to push yourself the extra mile. Khalil Edney, a high school basketball player who made a last second buzzer beater shot to win the game, may think winning is everything, but I believe that it is not the most important thing of the game. At a game I once played, the girls were quite big and tough. We ended up losing, but we learned to not be scared and play back tough.===

===Not winning may lead to other things. Such as the other team or players being conceited. Players act conceited when they win and they like to rub it your face to make you feel bad. When acting like this you may loose focus on school and focus too much on that one sport. Playing a game with conceited girls is not fun. The players act like they are better than you and do anything it takes to try to make you feel less than them. These kind of players might not understand what real sportsmanship is, but I think it is time they learn.===

===Cheating is a big problem when it comes to playing a game. Some people, just to win, turn the fair and happy game around to being cheaters. Poor sportsmanship plays a big part of cheating. To win, you should just work hard. Some people may think they are so good that they can blow off practice, others may show up ten minutes before to get better. A game should not end up being filled with cheating and loosing friends. When playing a team with a really bad attitude, the players seem very rude and cruel. A team with an will really bring you down as a player.===

===When you are winning all the time you may not notice that you need to improve. Babe Ruth may think winning is everything with his seven hundred fourteen home runs, but I do not see him relaxing at the pool every day. Instead of practicing you are sitting on the couch at home with a bottle of soda and a bag of greasy, disgusting chips. When doing this to yourself you are thinking you're your above everyone else who is practicing. The truth is you are really not. Khalil Edney, a high school basketball player who made a last second buzzer beater shot to win the game, may think winning is everything, but I believe that it is not the most important thing of the game. When a team I played once before said,'' We've beat them before. We can do it again.'' ===

It made me think that this team believes they can slack off.
===Sometimes winning is not important it is about giving someone the chance to do something. When you do something to help someone achieve a goal it means the world to the person who receives it. This action creates a feeling of hope when you help the other team. Sarah Tucholsky hit a home run. When she went to first base she didn't hit the base. When she turned around she tore a ligament. Two girls on the other team picked her up and carried her from base to base, stopping to touch her feet on the base so she would get the home run to count. It takes quite a lot of sportsmanship to do that.===

===Even though Sally Ride may think that winning medals is everything, you should focus on improving and not kicking back and enjoying yourself to win. Many people believe winning is everything, but improvement is mostly everything you need in order to win. Have you ever lost a game and improved from it? If you have improved from losing you probably believe winning is not everything. The real purpose of a game is to see where you are at with skill and to look at what needs to be improved.===