Sport unites and divides families; it brings us both friends and enemies – It gives us focus, entertainment & excitement. Sport is no longer an escape from the hardships of our lives; it is an easy out from the mundanity of our daily existence.
We take sport seriously, because if we didn’t – we’d have no choice other than to take life seriously – and without sport, where could we escape when that starts going wrong?
Founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, once coined the phrase “The most important thing is not winning but taking part”. Try telling me that last Friday at Cardiff, for example, when I was desperately willing the Glamorgan bowlers to take those last 4 wickets to beat Essex in their County Championship match (or) on Saturday at Twickenham, when I was praying that Wales could nick a last-minute try to beat the old enemy, England (or) on Sunday at Wembley when I was crestfallen as Man Utd conceded a 2-0 deficit to our bitter rivals Man City in the Community Shield only to bounce back and win in thrilling style. Of course all 3 of those sporting events left me with completely different emotions; frustration, despair, elation.
We take sport seriously, because if we didn’t – we’d have no choice other than to take life seriously – and without sport, where could we escape when that starts going wrong?
Founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, once coined the phrase “The most important thing is not winning but taking part”. Try telling me that last Friday at Cardiff, for example, when I was desperately willing the Glamorgan bowlers to take those last 4 wickets to beat Essex in their County Championship match (or) on Saturday at Twickenham, when I was praying that Wales could nick a last-minute try to beat the old enemy, England (or) on Sunday at Wembley when I was crestfallen as Man Utd conceded a 2-0 deficit to our bitter rivals Man City in the Community Shield only to bounce back and win in thrilling style. Of course all 3 of those sporting events left me with completely different emotions; frustration, despair, elation.
In his famous poem, "If", Rudyard Kipling wrote “If you can meet with triumph and disaster. And treat those two imposters just the same”.
Well I’ve tried but it ain’t easy, believe you me!!
Well I’ve tried but it ain’t easy, believe you me!!
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