The Season Pass
Some of the strangest conversations can come when you are sitting in an office with ten other people randomly talking.
This afternoon we were discussing life lessons, and it got me thinking.
Of course, I admit I am a sportsaholic, so I may be somewhat biased, but I voiced the opinion that every truly important lesson a person will learn in life can be learned through sports.
Let’s go through a few of them.
The first is humility, and what can teach a person humility more than trying to hit a baseball or softball? I don’t think there is anything.
This is something where if you succeed about one-third of the time you are not good but great.
Second is hard work. Hard work is the backbone of building any career, and in sports, if you don’t work hard, most of the time your not going to be playing.
I honestly believe I got my work ethic from playing sports my whole life and working as hard as possible to be good at the given sport. Is there a better way to teach young people hard work than working hard at something fun like sports?
Third is to expect the unexpected. This goes for all sports, it’s called being prepared.
People always need to be prepared in life, which comes from studying. Where did I learn to study? On the baseball diamond.
I learned my best study skills from spending hours learning everything I could about pitching. I studied my opponents, mechanics and other pitchers. I really don’t think I would have developed the ability to study at all if it weren’t for sports.
My final life lesson is probably the most obvious one: competition.
Where can someone learn the value of competition better than in sports?
The answer is nowhere. Competition is something that pushes people to succeed, and I really think sports are the best way to grasp that.
These are merely a few select life lessons, but I challenge you to come up with a life lesson than cannot be taught through sports.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Mar 7 2008. Filed under Sports.
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