BBB Member

Athletics and Winning


Athletics are pretty cut and dry in one regard; the goal to win. Having been in competitive athletics in a prior life I can certainly attest to that. Often however I see something that does not make a lot of sense, the need for society to treat everyone equal and to somehow over do or condemn the competitive aspect. For instance; I question an article I read in Sports Illustrated Women in February of this year about the "Agony of Defeat". The article discussed public humiliation, financial disappointment, and long-term psychological trauma? That is utter bull.

First if you are really in it to win it and for the challenge and the game itself, then money is not important. If you lose and you are humiliated maybe you should have tried harder and trained more. If you have long-term psychological trauma then you are not tough enough to be the gold medallist anyway. True winners are also previous true losers. The example used was a woman who broke a world record in the Olympics but received a silver medal instead of a gold. She then became suicidal and battled anorexia.

Look here it is, there is only one gold winner and that is what draws the toughest and best competitors in the world. If you cannot hack it, you should not be there. Part of being a top athlete is mental toughness, through and through. Vince Lombarde said that the toughest games draw out the toughest competitors. It is the same in war, politics, sports or business. Get use to it.

It was a touching article, but I believe that it missed the point. A silver medal in the Olympics is not a gold one, but if you are that good and you did not win, blame yourself, get over it and win it next time. You have to be mentally tough or do not compete. That is not a hard liner talking, it is the reality of the game. If you can' handle it don't play. Not everyone should be in the game. Think about it.

"Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs


MORE RESOURCES:

TD Executive Officer to Exercise Options
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Masrani made the decision to exercise these options at this time due to the bank's conservative trading-restriction policies that could prevent him from ...
TD Bank CEO To Exercise Stock Options - Quick FactsRTT News

all 25 news articles »


The BP Report: An Exercise in Rebutting Gross Negligence Claims?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
On Wednesday, BP released its long-awaited internal investigation into the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. ...

and more »


Town Hall

US military plans large-scale exercises near Guam
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — The US military plans to hold a large-scale military exercise near Guam this month. The US Pacific Fleet said Wednesday an aircraft carrier, ...
Navy, Marines, Air Force to begin joint Pacific exercise SundayStars and Stripes
Navy, Marines, AF prep for exercises near GuamNavyTimes.com
Military to carry out Valiant Shield seriesPacific Daily News
Pacific Daily News
all 188 news articles »


NN CEO to exercise stock options
BusinessWeek
Metal components manufacturer NN Inc. says CEO Roderick Baty plans to exercise 66300 stock options that are due to expire next month and began selling the ...
NN, Inc. Chairman and CEO Announces Plans to Exercise Expiring Stock Options ...MarketWatch (press release)
NN (NNBR) Chairman/CEO and 3 Board Members to Exercise Expiring Options and ...StreetInsider.com (subscription)

all 20 news articles »


Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company Announces Exercise by the Underwriters ...
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, Sep 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the "Company") (NYSE:KYN) announced today that the underwriters of its ...

and more »


Teaneck exercise program wins grant
NorthJersey.com
TEANECK — Benjamin Franklin Middle School has received a $2000 grant to create a running program to "inspire students to be more active and adopt healthy ...

and more »


New York Daily News

Michelle Obama and Taylor Swift Promote Football and Exercise
Damego
This charity even promotes playing football and exercise in order to fight childhood obesity. This is a spectacular charity event since it gets children ...
Brock Elementary welcomes First Lady Michelle ObamaNews Banner
First Lady praises schoolsSlidell Sentry News
Michelle Obama shows her football skills in New OrleansUSA Today
Baltimore Sun (blog) -WWL First News
all 160 news articles »


Sun-Sentinel

This guy logged 13000 miles of exercise while traveling. Could you?
USA Today
For one thing, his athletic pursuits took him 13000-plus miles last year -- and that was on his own bi-pedal power. ...
Home Yukon Territory Dean Warhaft Logs More Than 13000 Miles of Exercise a ...PR-CANADA.net (press release)

all 4 news articles »


Reuters

Our View: No burning need to exercise this right
Adrian Daily Telegram
By Anonymous Having a constitutional right to do something doesn't mean it can't be incredibly wrong at the same time. Many people have made that point in ...
An extreme exercise of our freedomSanta Maria Times
Florida Minister Cancels Quran Burning EventVoice of America
Don't fan the flamesLos Angeles Times
Press-Enterprise -World News Heard now (blog) -Indian Express
all 10,561 news articles »


Xinhua

Uzbekistan to miss SCO anti-terror exercise the Peace Mission-2010
ITAR-TASS
MOSCOW, September 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Shanghai Security Organization (SCO) will begin the Peace Mission-2010 anti-terror exercise on Friday in Kazakhstan, ...
SCO anti-terrorist drills to show SCO potential in security areaITAR-TASS
Joint anti-terrorist exercise to begin in KazakhstanITAR-TASS
SCO anti-terror drill kicks off in KazakhstanXinhua
Xinhua -China.org.cn
all 21 news articles »

Google News

home | site map
© 2006