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Winning

WINNING

Although winning may be our primary goal it is the desire and effort to win that should be admired. I thought about the line from Philip Roth's The Great American Novel "Winning is the name of the game." Reading that made me think that winning was more important than the sport itself. If that was the case than teams and individuals with low aspirations or little expectation to win would not even compete. I would relish the chance to hit a Roger Clemens fastball or try and keep pace with Tiger Woods for a round of golf for the pure enjoyment of the sport. The notion of losing would not effect my view of competition.
I agreed with Roth's description of how it felt to win and lose. However, the truth is there is a mindset you can take with every win and every loss. There can be positive and negative sides to both winning and losing. That is why we must also look at effort and desire when it comes to competing. Each person knows the amounts of effort and desire that they......


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